EPILOGUE — Beneath the Lights

Later, while Rebecca rinsed forks and Daniel folded the cake box, Emily moved the bear again.

“Now he can see everybody.”

I stood beside her.

The lights had come on as the yard dimmed.

Paper circles hung unevenly between them.

One corner of the cake remained on the plate, and she had saved it for me because it held the most frosting.

There was frosting on her sleeve too.