51 Chapter 51

“That sounds fine. I can go for that. Adopting a child of that age means they always come with a ton of baggage.”

“Who better to teach them to unpack it than us, eh?”

Kenji squeezed James. “I love you.”

“I love you, too. You’ve helped me find happiness.”

15

Kenji drove his new garbage truck at work and was ahead of schedule, listening to a Billy Gilman CD. Stopped at a red light at Blossom Hill and Winfield Avenue, his eyes went wide as the light changed and afast-moving car accelerated as traffic crossed. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed 911 the second thecollision occurred. The speeding car slammed into a small car and careened off into a third one. The small car spun around before crashing into a light pole. Smoke came out, but he figured it was steam from the radiator.