Chapter 13
July 2018
We couldn’t have ordered better weather for our excursion to the park. Devon had saved us the thirty-minute walk by letting us all pile into his car. He drove with the top down, much to Dani’s delight, who squealed with excitement in his new car seat.
“Have you ever been here?” Maya asked me as Devon pulled into the parking lot at Larz Anderson Park.
“No. Wow, this place is beautiful.” After spending so much time in the concrete jungle of Boston, it was easy to forget that places like this existed. The rolling hills, trees, and ponds stood juxtaposed against the Boston skyline. Devon led us past an area with a dozen or so picnic tables, all of which were full. “I guess you’ve got to get here pretty early to get one of those.”
“You have to rent those,” Devon explai
