A Promise of Family

Vance

Stella stands after her interaction with the woman and her children, and her eyes meet mine beneath the colored lights.

“What?” she asks with a slight chuckle, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. She looks beautiful, her pinkish pale skin and her pearlescent white dress illuminated by the dark purple lighting.

I shake my head. “Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.”

But that’s a lie.

Watching S