If you like music while you read, try “Can You Hold Me?” by NF + Britt Nicole. It’s what I was listening to while I wrote this!
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~ LARK ~
That evening, heart still beating a little too quickly after the events of the day, Lark sat at the large table in the middle of the big dining room. Technically it was the Warehouse lunchroom, but it was large enough for all of the very large Baptiste family to sit together at a line of tables.
When John-Paul had first told her they ate as a family—an extended family—most days, she’d been stunned. But then she realized most of them worked there in the warehouses and were already on site.
When they’d walked into the space she’d been overwhelmed at first, and worried about Adam’s reception. Although he wasn’t a full-grown adult, he was a strong
