Chapter SeventeenSea Scope: Twenty years ago
Wanda let Sarah and Glen help decorate Michael's birthday cake after it had cooled. Since Glen wasn't very good at frosting and often ended up making a mess, Sarah was chosen to use the butter knife to spread the white icing over the chocolate cake. She had a hard time resisting licking the buttercream topping, but Wanda stood watching, her eyes passing on a secret warning. Glen's job was to place the small lighthouses and boats Aunt Julie had found in a craft store in a circle around the top. Ms. Wilson had already written 'Happy Birthday Michael' in light blue icing in the center and added the 2 and 1 numeral candles behind the greeting.
Sarah's father was blowing up balloons while their mother was hanging the inflated ones around the patio
