PART 23

Hailey turned six in the summer.

She asked for a garden party, which surprised Rachel and me.

We offered a park, a bowling alley, or a small celebration indoors.

Hailey shook her head.

“I want to have it at our house,” she said.

“With flowers and cake.”

We invited her classmates, Lucy and her brother, Warren, and a few neighbors who had been kind to us.