Re: Zale
Dasha cooed in some sort of response torn between "Hey, I was comfy!" and immediately falling back to sleep in Zale's arms. Then Zale nodded. "Maybe Dahlia can drop me off at your house after school...." Would that be okay? He hoped so. She had already implied he would be staying with his sister and uncle. The idea of returning to the reception and the dream like return of his mother ending weighed down on the boy... he suddenly wanted something concrete while also not wanted to make her feel trapped.
Suddenly, he also wished he was younger again and things were less complicated. It was so much simpler then. If only he could combine the years in California with the family he met in Miami...