When he still didn’t answer, Jenny looked up at her and said, “I’ve been waiting for you for so long, mommy. I didn’t think I was ever going to get a mommy and that’s an awful feeling.”
It sure was, Skyler silently concurred, the child having no idea that she knew exactly how that felt.
She hugged the child out of a sense of common human understanding, then pulled her away to gaze into her tiny face.
A beautiful child with dark hair and dark eyes to match.
“Your Uncle Jess sent you a Christmas present,” she told her, reaching over and collecting the box.
Jenny squealed with delight, rushing to open the box and when the pretty doll appeared, she gazed up to her still-silent father and told him, “Two Christmas presents! A mommy just like I wanted from you, daddy - and a dolly from Uncle Jess! I love you so much, daddy! Thank you for making my Christmas dream come true,” she cried out, rushing to hug his legs as she had Skyler’s.
Joe managed to come to life. Good gosh - what a mess. Jenny had mistaken the delivery lady for a Christmas present - a mommy to be exact. What now? Telling her otherwise would break her little heart, a heart that was currently on the edge.
Jenny’s desires for a mommy ran deeper than just wanting to be like her friends who had mommies. She needed the love of a mommy - and so much more - things that only a woman could provide. Joe was wise enough to realize his limitations, even though he had done his damnedest.
Gazing at the lady in the elf suit, he wished he had an inkling of her thoughts. Perhaps…..just for today, he thought as he raked his brain for a solution - perhaps he could ask her to help him. What a mess!
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