Chapter Sixteen HunterI opened the freezer door and pulled out the yellow box of Popsicles, rifling through the packages to find the right flavor. Maddie had been home from the hospital for a few days, and I learned pretty quickly which colors she preferred. She wasn’t a huge fan of the grape ones and she absolutely hated the green lime ones, but everything else she got down just fine.
My gaze landed on a Popsicle that looked like it might be red, so I pulled it out of the box and held it up to the light. Through the thin packaging, I could see a faint red tint. Hallelujah. Red was Maddie’s favorite.
I walked into the living room where she was curled up under a thick, fuzzy blanket on the couch, still dressed in her pajamas and her hair a little tousled. I unwrapped the Popsicle and hand
