She grabbed Lily by the shoulder and yanked her to her feet.

Lily didn’t make a sound.

She just slipped the red ribbon into her jacket pocket.

“You’re stalking my daughter,” Rebecca shouted.

I stood up from the bench and told her Lily had reached out to me.

“She asked me to meet her here,” I said.

“You’re scaring the only family I have left,” Rebecca said.

Her fingers went to the big black buttons of her winter coat.