John had just arrived back to his home at Beecher’s Hope after running some errands in Blackwater.

As the man dismounted and hitched his horse, he heard the sound of smaller footsteps quickly approaching behind him. Before he knew it, he felt another body pressed up against him.

“Hello, kiddo. I wasn’t gone that long, was I?”

John let out a soft chuckle before turning his body in order to hug his beloved child back.