Lingering Reservations

Zane's arrival always brought the house to life, and Bonnie couldn't contain her giggles—"Hehe..." —every time she saw him. But Damon's face would instantly cloud over with a scowl at the sound. He could never shake off the irritation of Bonnie's first word being "hehe" instead of "mama" or "dad". It felt to him like a looming sign that he was on the verge of losing his daughter to someone else.