Chapter 15 - Sofie Gets Her Promised Kiss
Months later, Emma visited Cameron’s penthouse.
She stood before the fireplace photograph for a long time.
Then Sofie ran into the room.
“You’re the picture girl!”
Emma laughed.
“I guess I am.”
Sofie studied her.
“You’re bigger.”
“That happens.”
Then Sofie looked at Cameron.
“Is your house still sad?”
Cameron glanced around.
Naomi was in the kitchen.
Emma was teasing Sofie about her crayons.
A therapist-approved family schedule was stuck to the refrigerator.
There were shoes by the door.
A backpack on the sofa.
Noise.
Mess.
Life.
“No,” Cameron said.
“Not as much.”
Sofie nodded seriously.
“Good.”
Then she held out her arms.
“Do I get a kiss now?”
Cameron knelt and kissed her forehead.
Emma smiled.
May you like
For the first time in ten years, the photograph on the mantel no longer
felt like a grave marker.
