Kitty snorted again, and this time Gloria playfully swatted Susannah with her rag. She couldn’t remember the last time the three of them had laughed like this. Even when Derek wasn’t around, his presence in their lives lifted their mood and brought them joy.
I’m just hoping that maybe I can make you happy, he’d told her that afternoon.
Well, Derek, you’re succeeding so far.
She looked at her two daughters and breathed in fully. What a week. Certainly not what she’d expected going into VBS. Tomorrow was the last day, and she was ready for the weekend. Ready to get back into her normal routine. Although with Derek in her life now, she had no idea what that normal routine was supposed to look like. When he wasn’t taking time off work to volunteer at VBS, Derek was a welder who had to get u
