Was it just a one night stand?

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Ian's POV
"Mr. Harding" I hear someone say but the voice sounds so distant that I didn't bother to answer. "Mr.Harding, can you hear me?"
I suddenly snap out of my thoughts to see the man I had been speaking to just moments ago.
"Yes, yes. I can hear you" I tell him, nodding and straightening the t-shirt I was wearing. It was wrinkly, not that I even cared anymore.
"What kind of flowers do you want?" He asks and I scrunch my eyes in disbelief. I was planning a funeral and he really asked me what kind of flowers I wanted. Who cares what kind of flowers? I just wanted this all to end. I just wanted this to be some kind of dream and I would wake up and Lucy would still be sleeping next to me and I would roll out of bed slowly, trying not to wake her. I would kiss her head softly and then go check on Haylee, because she was a much earlier riser than all of us.
"Haylee Baby, how are you this morning?" I would question, picking her out of her nursery. She would smile as I bounce her on my hip. "Good, huh?"
I would walk down the stairs, slipping past our room, making sure not to wake Lucy and then place Haylee in her bouncer while I start breakfast. I would make Haylee her bottle because that's the only thing she wants right away in the morning and then after Haylee was fed, I would make the coffee. French Vanilla for Lucy and Dark for me. Then would make cereal, my best dish. Then Lucy came strolling down, with bed head, but looking as beautiful as ever. She would kiss Haylee and then come to me where she would always try to grab the coffee first but I insisted she couldn't have the coffee until she gave me a kiss and then she would go on her tippy toes and grab my face and give me a kiss where I would almost spill the coffee which I was still holding. Then I would give her the coffee and finish cooking breakfast.
"Mr. Harding" I hear again and this time I snap back to reality quickly. As if I can't hold onto that memory any longer. "If you want to do this another time, I can reschedule til tomorrow"
"No, it's fine. I need to get this over with" I reply. "So you mentioned flowers?"
Soon enough, all the arrangements were set and I was out of there. As I walked to my car, I could stop thinking about one thing. How I would give up anything to eat cereal with Lucy one last time. It's the simplest things in life that you overlook every single day, but come to miss the most when you can't have them anymore.