*River POV*
My niece really has a way of making things better. The way she helps people communicate and see reason is pretty spectacular. We had talked to Maddix, Alette, mom, my dads, and Phoenix about the situation with Adam, but even they said we needed to speak with Grace and Sterling. More so Grace than anyone. Now I see why.
Even in the whole thing with Grayson, she was the voice of reason. It reminded me of grandma Gretchen, and how she used to be able to diffuse any situation that we stumbled upon. It made me miss her, and made me wish that Grace and Sterling would have been able to meet her.
As we continued to talk to Adam, I learned a lot about how he felt about things that were going on around him. Everything from his own situation to how he truly felt about his siblings bein
