Tonya held out her hand and scooted to the edge of the trampoline so that Ashure could help her down. Max and Angela stood nearby until her feet hit the ground. Only when Ashure released her and stood back did they surge forward and wrap their arms around her.
“I can’t believe you are alive, Snoop,” Max said in a husky voice.
“Me either, Max. I can’t believe we are here. I’m not sure how that happened, but I’m so happy to see you both,” she confessed.
“I may have an answer to that,” Ashure ruefully volunteered.
She pulled back and smiled at him. “I think Ashure could use a beer, and I know I could use a cup of hot tea. There is so much I want to tell you,” she said.
“I could use one myself—the beer, not the hot tea this time,” Angela laughed.
Ten minutes later they were sitting out o
