Alison
Things had gone back to normal, well, as normal as could be. I was still scared of going out and my children were in my sight all the time. Asher had visited us several times since that night, he helped me move their cots into my room. ‘Don't fall in love! Don't fall for him.' I chanted the same mantra to myself over and over again.
Asher was the sweetest man I had ever met, he'd claimed it wasn't good for me to be standing for long periods of time and used that excuse to bring us food. We have eaten better in the past few days than in the last few months. Sad, right?
My kids referred to him as Uncle Asher. “Mama, will Uncle Asher come today?" Had I tried to put a stop to it? Yes, but Asher had said to let them be. He even took his time to play with the children. It was as if we
