LIAM JR.
Delilah and I sat in the grass, rolling a soccer ball in between us. She looked sad all the time now. Lucas and Leo were over with Grandma and Delilah’s grandma, who were all gushing over my new baby sister. I loved her, but Delilah was sad, so I thought I should play with her.
“Summer vacation got extended for a couple more weeks,” I said, trying to cheer her up.
“I know,” she said. She mindlessly rolled the ball back to me.
“Maybe we’ll be in the same class this year….” I said, rolling the ball back to her. Delilah just shrugged, and we continued our boring game.
“I’m really sorry about your dad, Li,” I said quietly.
“It’s okay,” she said in a wavy voice.
“But my mom is going to help him. She is really good at fixing people even though it makes her tired,” I tried.
