09-26-2016 Dani Daniel... | -my Dads Hot Girlfriend-

I froze. I didn’t know she’d lost a brother.

I was seventeen. And for the first time in my life, I understood why ancient Greeks started wars over a face.

Sometimes the most awkward beginnings make the clearest endings. -My Dads Hot Girlfriend- 09-26-2016 Dani Daniel...

Then came the night of September 26, 2016.

Her name was Mira. She was thirty-two, eleven years younger than him, with dark curly hair that smelled like coconut and sea salt. She laughed when I fell—not meanly, but warmly—and helped me up as if I were a toddler who’d just learned to walk. “You must be Leo,” she said. “Your dad talks about you constantly.” I froze

Six months later, they got married in our backyard. I was the best man. And when I gave my speech, I said, “The first time I met Mira, I fell over the dog.” Everyone laughed. I looked at her, and she winked.

“You’re staring again,” she said, not looking up. And for the first time in my life,

“You just what?” She turned off the faucet, dried her hands slowly. “Think I’m some kind of homewrecker? A gold digger? Your dad’s midlife crisis?”