CHAPTER 26
February 2
Dear Scott,
Great news! Mom and Derek got engaged last night. It was really romantic. I kind of knew it was coming. Last week Derek pulled me aside, not exactly to ask for my blessing, but he told me that he valued my opinion and wanted to know if I was comfortable with the timing or if I thought he and Mom were taking things too fast. It was really respectful of him, and I admired him a lot for that.
It’s not like I know him all that well, but it’s taken my mom all this time to meet someone that she says is as godly and honorable as my dad was, and she’s the best judge of character I know. So anyway, I knew he was going to pop the question, I just didn’t know when. I figured it would be something pretty typical, you know, fancy dinner out or whatever. But he actu
