Chapter 12

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“Are you sure that he’s okay staying with you?” Lisa asks Jennie as she packs for her stupid book tour.

“For the thousandth time yes,” Jennie tells her, shaking her head in amusement. “He’ll be fine here with us.”

Asher usually stays with Bona or Jisoo whenever Lisa had to go through this small book tours for her book or when she was living near her parents, he would stay with her parents.

“I just don’t want you to be put off having to watch another kid,” Lisa says, rubbing the back of her neck.

Jennie rolls her eyes before wrapping her arms around Lisa’s neck, pulling her close. “I am not going to be put off watching another kid. And he’s not just any other kid, Lisa, he’s your son.”

Lisa sighs and nods. She didn’t know that hearing Jennie actually say those words can make her feel so relieved. “But the real question is will you be putting out?” She wiggles her eyebrows playfully.

Jennie rolls her eyes and pushes her away. “You’re such a perv.”

“Perv for you!” Lisa says, pulling Jennie back into her embrace. She presses her lips against hers in a quick kiss then gives her butt a slap, making Jennie yelp.

“Go pack!”

“I’ll see you on Sunday?” Lisa asks.

“Sunday?”

Lisa nods. “I usually spend my last day with Asher before I have to fly. You know a little bonding time.”

Jennie smiles and gives her a kiss. “I’ll see you on Sunday.”

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“Mama, if we were goats do you think I would still be your kid?” Asher asks as they float on the water on their surfboards.

Lisa laughs. “What kind of question is that?”

“I was playing Goat Simulator on Jennie’s iPad,” Asher explains.

“Goat Simulator?”

Asher nods, excitedly, his little head bopping up and down quickly. “Yeah you play as a goat and you go around town and you can do whatever you want as a goat! I headbutted a lot of people and I took a truck for a walk with my tongue. So you think I will still be your kid?”

“Of course you’ll still be my kid even if we were goats,” Lisa answers him. Kids and their weird games today.

Asher breathes a sigh of relief. “Okay good because I don’t wanna be anyone else’s kid.”

Lisa laughs and ruffles his hair. Even to this day, she still can’t believe that she’s a mother. And a good mother at that! “You’re alright, kid. I have a question, Asher.”

“Shoot.”

“How do you feel about me and Jennie?” Lisa asks Asher. “We’ve been spending a lot of time with the Kim’s. Are you okay with that?”

Asher gives his mother a confused look, shrugging. “Why wouldn’t I be okay with that, Mama?”

“It’s always just been us. I mean yeah we had your Aunts, but it’s always just been us,” Lisa says, trying to gauge her son’s reaction.

“Yeah, but now it’s you and me and Jennie and Riley and Ellie,” Asher tells her, counting it off on his hand. He looks up, giving her a beaming smile. “Now there’s five of us.”

“Good you still know how to count,” Lisa says, nodding her head.

“Mama!” Asher says, shaking his head. “I don’t know what happened, but your jokes aren’t that good anymore.”

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