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What’s even worse is that the three love bites just above my bra—one from each of my men—are on full display.
I shoot a worried look over at my parents. Fortunately, Dad and Leo are too busy gawking at the zebras to notice my mishap, but the look in my mother’s eyes tells me she hasn’t missed a damn thing.
Great. Just great.
“Ma! Ma!” Leo shouts, turning back toward me. “A cow!”
“A cow?”
My brows knit in confusion.
I’m pretty sure the cows are in the children’s section, not the Serengeti exhibit.
Leo starts mooing in delight, trying to get the attention of—well I’m not sure what it is. I’m too short to see.
I use the stroller to help me part some of the crowd so I can get a good look at whatever animal he’s decided is a cow.
Leo makes note of my presence next to him with an affectionate moo and a blown kiss.
“Now, where is this cow?” I ask.
“I’m not sure, but I think he’s talking about those brown animals there,” Dad says, gesturing toward the beast in question.
“Moo!”
“Little bug, I don’t think that’s a cow.”
“Not a cow?” His face falls and his little lip trembles.
“How about we all look in the guidebook we got on the way in? Can you help Ma and Opa find it in there?”
He nods enthusiastically, all sunshine once again.
I wish I knew how to be happy that easily. Maybe one day, I’ll figure out what his secret is.
On that happy note, I flip through the guidebook to the Serengeti section. I point to the zebra.
“Is this the one you saw?”
He smiles and shakes his head “No, Ma.”
I flip to the next page and my dad puts his finger on the rhino.
“It has to be this one for sure. I just know it.”
“No, Opa.” Leo giggles.
“Darn.” He snaps his fingers. “I really thought we had it that time.”
“Okay, okay, I know this animal is the one we’re looking at,” I say, showing him the leopard.
“You’re so silly.”
I poke him in the belly. “No, you’re silly.”
“No, you.” He laughs.
“Alright, for real this time, Leo. Take a good look at that animal out there. Okay, now look at this picture. Are they the same?”
