Casey
After we had all eaten and cleaned up we relaxed with some cake. I looked around and could see that the kids were now kind of separated.
Nova had gone off to play with Parker and Quin which was unusual for her. I grabbed two pieces of cake. Silas was sitting alone watching Amira and Isla.
“Silas,” I called out.
He looked my way and I nodded my head back up to Adam’s spot. He got up, dusting off his pants and followed me.
“Want to talk about it?” I asked.
“About what?”
“About what happened when Nova came back crying?” I said, taking my seat beside Adam’s stone.
Silas sat beside me. I handed him one of the plates and sat the other on Adam's grave.
“Why do you do this?”
“Do what?”
“This? Every year we come to the same place at the same time. Eating the same gross lemon fil
