Sean cleaned up the plates from dinner while Emily grabbed her stuff for the sleepover at Andie’s. By the time she got back, he had her gift on the counter and the kitchen was spotless.
“Hey— What is this?” she asked, a grin curling her lips up.
When she smiled like that, she reminded him of Angela. She was always quick to grin, especially when he surprised her. Emily had her smile with a tiny dimple in her right cheek. Her eyes brightened when she looked up at him, a question in them.
“Did you really think I wasn’t going to get you something for your birthday?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. Usually you ask me what I want and take me shopping.”
Sean chuckled. “Well, this is extra. We can do that, too. Do you want to open it?”
She nodded and tore into the paper. When she saw the pictur
