Ivory abruptly sat up wishing she could vanish from the surface of the earth. She roved her fatigued eyes around the room, hoping she was having a nightmare. The voice better not belong to the person in her mind.
The man she wasn't ready to see walked into the living room holding two plastic bags. He took his parents into a group hug and strode to meet the girl they had told him about.
Kyle was rooted to his spot when he saw Ivory sitting on a bed by the corner of the living room. He carefully dropped the plastic bags to the floor and turned to his parents with an arched brow.
"Is this the girl you found on the shore?"
Vivian walked up to him with a half smile. "Yes. You know her?"
She darted her gaze to the restless Ivory. Ivory hugged herself and tried to drag her legs from the bed
