Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

Chapter 92 " Yes , " Selena blinked innocently . " Then , do you like Uncle Caleb ? " Valeria asked again . " I do , " Selena replied . Caleb's mother was close to Lucy since they lived in the same neighborhood . Lucy lived alone , so whenever something broke , like a leaky showerhead or a broken light , Caleb would come by to fix it if he had the time . Selena had met him many times . Valeria thought she would get a clear answer . After all , children at that age didn't have complicated thoughts like adults do .

But Valeria hadn't expected to actually see a hint of hesitation and thought on Selena's face . " Uncle Caleb is nice , but Uncle Sebastian is even better ! " Seeing Valeria's silence , Selena continued , " Mommy , can Leo and Uncle Sebastian come for my birthday ? " Selena's birthday was just a week away . Valeria stroked her hair and said , " Lenny , it's on Saturday . We'll be visiting Great - Grandma . " " Oh , " Selena looked a little disappointed . But she quickly cheered up and threw herself into Valeria's arms . " Then we can see Great - Grandma on that day .

I have so much to tell her , and I even drew her a picture ! " Sebastian took a cab home . On the way , he opened WhatsApp and saw that Mallory had sent him a message , asking why he had suddenly disappeared . He didn't reply . What could he even say ? Was he supposed to tell her that he went to Valeria's place but barely stayed a few minutes ? All because he saw a pair of men's house slippers by the door and Selena's handmade poster of a family of three and two dogs ? The poster reminded him of something whole - a complete family . And the whole house was filled with wannth .

Was he supposed to tell Mallory that the apple he ate turned sour in his mouth ? That he felt like he didn't belong there and that he couldn't sit still ? So he left . Sebastian never replied to Mallory , but he did respond to a message in the family group chat . Martha had found out that he turned down Sabrina and tried to set him up on another blind date with someone else . He answered simply , " I'm busy next week . I won't be free . " Then Mallory started blowing up his phone with messages , his notifications buzzing like crazy . She wrote , " I saw you went to Valeria's neighborhood .

Leo told me you know her , so you actually do ? I didn't think you would add her on WhatsApp . " She added , " What were you doing there ? Don't tell me you wanted to walk her home . Her husband's still there . " Sebastian was getting annoyed with the barrage of messages , and he texted back , " Her husband is in Amaran . " Mallory replied , " You even know her husband is overseas ? " Sebastian responded with a simple , " Yes . " " What do you mean by ' Yes ' ? Sebastian , I saw you . You were sitting next to her at Leo's birthday , and you were touching her back , " Mallory wrote . " Yes .

" It was the same one - word answer . Mallory lost it and called him right away . Although she wanted to start with a storm of questions , she held back . Her first choice of words was careful . " Sebastian , are you serious about this ? " Mallory thought she knew Sebastian very well . There was no way her little brother would fall for a married woman with a child . It wasn't that she thought Valeria wasn't good enough . On the contrary , she found Valeria to be beautiful , well - spoken , and composed .

Valeria's daughter , Selena , was adorable too , and Mallory felt a special bond with the girl at first glance . But Valeria came from an average background . More importantly , she was married . She had a happy family , and Selena was already six years old . And now Sebastian was barging into someone else's family . What kind of mess was this ? Earlier , she had thought she was seeing things . How else could she have seen Sebastian's fingers brush down Valeria's back ? 5