I asked Piper how she felt about it.

After a long pause, she nodded.

“Only if Mommy doesn’t bring Grandma.”

“She won’t,” I said.

PART 15

Saturday dinner was spaghetti and garlic bread.

Whitney arrived carrying a small plant because she said flowers died too quickly and she wanted Piper to have something they could help grow.

Piper examined it gravely.