Ezra
[Eight Months Later]
Mom: We’re almost there, honey.
My heart jolts, and my palm sweats when I read the text that came in a second ago. I meet Judi’s gaze few distances away, and when she lifts a brow, I nod.
“Yes,” I confirm. “They’re almost here.”
She grins and fluffs the last ribbons. “You guys! Wren’s almost here!”
Everyone scrambles to their places, and by everyone, I mean; Ray, Beth, Noah, Lizzy and Ajax.
Wren has no idea they’re all here, she has no idea what I have planned. She thinks it’s Hannah’s birthday party, but what she doesn’t know is Hannah asked for a special birthday gift.
Speaking of Hannah, she bounces up to me in a pink tulle dress, and a birthday crown on her head. She’s got splatters of glitters on her face and I know Judi put them there.
That’s goin
