Chapter 78. Mommy?

“Elaine, stop running, baby, or you’ll hurt yourself,” I yelled from where I sat under the huge tree and watched him run around the large field chasing butterflies with the other pups.

There was a smile on my face as I watched him giggle and push the other pups lightly. We have been spending almost every day together since Zuri left, since I wanted to give Zion and Emily the space they needed. Zion wasn’t taking Zuri’s leaving well. He had been moody, not to me but to the others. He doesn’t talk much or eat much.

I wanted to comfort him, but I knew he needed time and space to miss her and accept that the decision was the best for Zuri. Elaine was the perfect remedy to distract me from everything. He always made me laugh with his antics, and he was annoyingly curious and was always in my face, asking the weirdest questions.

“You can take your eyes off him for a minute. He won’t disappear or get hurt if you continue reading that book in your lap,” Lily said with a la