Later that day, Ford was getting the girls ready to go out for dinner. It had been so long since he’d seen them and was willing to let them have an evening of junk food and have the run of that house. Normally, he wouldn’t have let them choose pizza after having sweets just before, but he would make an exception for tonight, just to put smiles on the little darlings’ faces.
As they were about to head out of the house, Violet was pulling at his shirttail.
“Daddy, can Miss Piper go with us? She doesn’t have any friends here and I want her to be my friend. You could be her friend, too. I think she is sad, Daddy. Her mommy is sick, and she said you’re she doesn’t think you’re her friend. That’s not nice.”
“Baby, I’m sure Miss Piper wants her space.”
“She’s all alone here. You told us yo
