“You know you can tell me if you have a ‘friend’.” I couldn’t even get a read on Malachi’s aura.
“I still love your mother very much.”
“I know, Dad, I’m just saying …”
Adara came downstairs at that moment and the words died in my mouth. “Get your jacket.”
“Why? Where are we going?” Adara looked down at her jeans and sneakers and then back up at me and took her jacket from the hook.
“You’re fine just the way you are.” I opened the patio doors and stepped outside.
“Have fun,” Malachi said as Adara followed me outside.
We walked down the steps and into the garden. I led her through the tree line and into the forest. I kept on walking until we came to the clearing. I had placed garden lights around the clearing in a circle and in the middle was a blanket and a small box.
I led her to t
