Callum’s face crumpled before he caught himself.

“Your money is for you,” he told her gently.

“The grown-ups are taking care of the grown-up bills.”

She studied him, then asked whether buying ice cream would make him feel better.

He said that was a much more promising proposal.

We took her to the little shop on the corner.

The three of us shared a sundae, and for twenty minutes the only thing that mattered was whether Sadie could reach the cherry before Callum.

PART 27