MAEVE'S POV
Asha saw me next.
"Mummy!" he squealed, tearing across the tarmac toward me. He slammed into my legs, hugging me tight.
No matter how furious I was, I hugged him back, running my fingers through his curls, relieved to have him back.
"You won't believe what happened, Mummy," Asha said breathlessly, pulling back from our hug to throw his little fists in the air. "My new friend Ivan took me flying in his plane! It was so big inside, and I got to sit right next to him. We went to a place with waterfalls so tall the water looked like it was falling from the sky! We visited a park and played all the games—every single one, Mummy! I won two prizes, and Ivan carried them for me the whole time. We got ice cream and cotton candy, and the cotton candy was as big as my head. Oh! And Ivan even spilled ice cream on his shoe—it dripped down the side, and he made a funny face. It was so, so funny!"
He doubled over laughing at the memory.
