Chapter Twenty
Sage
The next day was the last day of my vacation. Since I’d canceled our trip to the Brownsville Zoo, I was trying my best to make it up to River with a visit to a nearby water park.
We both were dragging our feet by the end of the day. “Mom, are you ready to go back home yet? I’m so tired, I can barely walk anymore.”
“I’m with ya. Let’s go change, grab our things, then head to the car. What do you think about me picking up pizza on the way home? That way, Granny won’t have to worry about making dinner.”
“Sounds good to me.”
Twenty minutes later, River looked dazed as we drove home. I knew he was just worn out from all the things we’d done that week. “I bet you’re ready to get back to normal.”
“In a way, yeah.” He looked at me through the rearview mirror. “I keep wis
