Ten Years Later

Hendrick

“This one?” I hold up a colored book to my daughter as she shakes her head.

“Uh-huh.” She sulks, putting her thumb into her mouth.

I reposition her on my arm as I reach for another book. “No… So, this one?”

She shakes her head again, whining as she pushes it away from her.

“Serena…” I sigh, holding up the third one, which we've been reading to her for the last week.

Directing my eyes to the ceiling, I already predict her wriggling in my grasp ...