The family turned to look at the door, then turned back to look at each other with identical looks of surprise on their faces.
“Is anyone expecting someone to come over tonight?” her father asked, looking at his wife and daughter.
When they shook their heads, he stood up from his chair and said, “Stay here. I’ll get the door.”
Lizzie and her mother remained at the table while he went into the living room to answer the door. They looked at each other with worried looks on their faces.
They heard him open the door, then after a moment, he called out, “Lizzie! It’s for you!”
Lizzie’s eyebrows raised in surprise, and she got up from the table.
“Who is it?” she called out as she entered the living room, then stopped in her tracks as she saw Deon standing in the doorway.
In his
