My step-Uncle
Even though he was close now, we still couldn’t go back to that 3-day relationship.
“Christian will drop you,” she said again.
“There’s no need for that, Mom—”
Mom word slipped from my mouth. I covered it, biting my lips.
“It’s fine. We are alone now, you can call her Mom,” Elbert, my stepdad, said, smiling.
He was a nice guy. Though we had not talked much, all the relatives were talking happily with him. He seemed like a fun guy and looked like the perfect match for my chatty mom.