Chapter 40 The Wedding

Allison slowly walks to James, but with a smile on her face as she gets close to him. James gazes at his excited mother, and he knows the reason she's wearing this smile is because of her husband. The smile Mark has put on her face, especially after getting out of the hospital, is incessant. Too much that James could swear he has never seen his mother this elated. But he has yet to find out what the reason for her sudden joy is. "I would have asked the reason for this joy in your face, mom, but I know it's Uncle Mark," James says with a brilliant smile as he feels like a genius. "Daddy Mark.." Allison corrects her son. "Daddy? Daddy Mark?" James asks in a confused state. "Yes. That's why I came here, actually, son. That is what I came to tell you," Allison utters before she inhales, looks at her son in the eye, and holds his hands. "Uncle Mark isn't actually an uncle, son." "I know, mom. He's your boyfriend," James responds in haste, and she opens her mouth in surprise. "What?