Chapter 45

After we sat down, the waiter handed us the menu to take our orders. Willow passed the menu to me. I pointed at the different types of pizza, describing the toppings on each one. She nodded eagerly. "Yummy." After going through the options, I asked her, "Which one do you want to try?" Willow blinked and replied, "I want them all." I handed the menu back to Zane and let him decide. Zane surely doted on Willow. He turned to the waiter and said, "One of each, please." The waiter replied politely, "Sure." Once the waiter left, Willow leaned into me and chattered excitedly, "Mommy, guess what? I overheard my classmates talking about Zachary. He has been having a really tough time lately. "After school, his new mommy doesn't even want to pick him up. He has to wait at the school gate until after 9:00 pm every day." Kids couldn't hold back their thoughts. They simply said whatever came to mind. Willow whispered, "How could he be so dumb? He had such a great mommy, but he didn't appre