Chapter Twenty-Six
Jade
“JJ, look!” Rylie called to me from the kitchen table where she was working on a drawing.
I finished loading the dishwasher and closed it before I turned. Crossing the kitchen, I slipped into the chair beside her. “Let me see.”
My niece turned the small whiteboard in her hands and held it up. An explosion of color covered the entire board. Angling my head to the side, I studied it. “Is that a pig I see there?” I smiled.
“Yes!” Rylie exclaimed, giving me a toothy grin. As soon as she set the whiteboard down, she promptly erased everything she’d done. I’d gotten her this whiteboard about a month ago, and it could keep her occupied for hours at a time.
“How loose is that tooth?” I asked when she distractedly wiggled a loose front tooth with her fingers.
“I don’t
