MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS OBSESSED WITH ME
I watched Chase sit down on the floor, take off his shoes neatly, and pull out the drawing.
“You want to see?”
I knelt beside him, taking it with gentle hands. It was messy. Uneven. Bright.
Three stick figures. One tall and angry-looking, one smiling with glasses, and a kid in between holding both their hands.
“What’s this?” I asked, throat tightening.
“That’s you,” he said, pointing to the smiling one. “And that’s Lucian. You’re both… my family now.”
I stared at it for a long time before placing it aside and pulling him into my lap.