I don't like this chapter, but eh, that's up to you...
"Come on, Tom." Caroline yelled to Tom, who was still trying to feed bread to the ducks by the edge of the lake. Falcon's hotel was only a block away, but she didn't want to seem like she was coming here entirely for him. Or for Steven...
He came up behind her and took her hand. "We're just going to take a little walk."
"Then can we see my dad?"
"Maybe, honey." She sighed.
After 2 complete walks around the lake, they took a break and sat down on one of the benches. Just as they were about to go, she spotted Steven.
"Steven!" He turned around. "Hi."
"Hello. I'd give you a hug, but I'm a little sweaty."
"It's fine." She laughed, giving him a hug. "This is Tom."
"Hi, buddy... I'm your dad."
Tom smiled.
"Um, Tom, I have to go to see Auntie Christie. Do you want to go to the park with Steven?
Tom shrugged, then nodded.
"Okay." Steven took Tom's hand, and they walked off to the park.
As soon as they were out of her view, Caroline headed over to he hotel that Falcon was staying at. After a quick call to find out what room he was staying in, she found herself knocking on the door of room number 30.
"Caroline." Falcon gave her a hug, and then led her into the room. They both took a seat on the couch. "So, Steven's with Tom?"
Caroline nodded. "Yup."
"Have you talked to him about, you know, the legal stuff?"
"No. We barely saw each other for five minutes. ...I was hoping that he would go out to dinner with me tonight so that we could at least talk about how long he is staying. I wouldn't want to Tom to get excited and then find out Steven was going back to Hawaii, you know what I mean?"
"Yeah." He nodded. "I could text him if you want."
"Sure." She agreed. She really did not want to "ask" Steven out to dinner, although it would not be a date.
Falcon quickly sent a message to Steven, and then nodded.
"Great." She just needed to find a babysitter for tonight.