[Derrick]
When I got to my mom and dad’s house, I parked in the driveway and went in to get Jade. My mom was cleaning up while Jade sat in my dad’s favorite chair with her storybook. She loved that thing and took it with her wherever she went.
We bought another copy for her when the first one got scribbled in by her brothers. You’d have thought the world had ended with the way she reacted. It scared the hell out of Declan and David. They never touched the new book and didn’t color in the old book again. Sometimes, they would pull it out and sit with Jade to look at the pictures.
She was wearing a sweater dress and warm tights with her hair up in little, curly pigtails. They didn’t do the pompom thing that my sisters’ hair did. Jade’s curls weren’t that tight, but they were still cute
