LOGIN“So… you’re really serious this time?” Kate Callister’s voice was quiet, but thick with emotion.Daven nodded. “I’ve never been more certain of anything, Mom.”Felicia’s eyes widened in disbelief. “A proposal? You’re going to propose to Althea? Now?”“In two days,” Daven said firmly. “I want it to b
“They fell asleep early tonight,” Althea murmured as she quietly closed the door to the children’s room.Daven, sitting on the living room sofa, nodded. “Josh said he wants to bring a drawing of flowers for Daddy Chase tomorrow. I helped him color it in.”Althea smiled faintly. “So you’re a coloring
“Papa, this is where Daddy sleeps, right?”Josh’s small voice broke through the soft whisper of the afternoon wind. His little hand clutched a bunch of white lilies—the ones he had chosen himself.“Yes, sweetheart,” Daven replied gently. “This is where Daddy rests.”In Althea’s arms, Grace pointed t
“Could you grab the one with the blue packaging, not the green one?” “The blue one’s more expensive, you know?” “That’s exactly why I’m asking you to get it—so I don’t look like the wasteful one.”Daven chuckled softly, giving in to Althea’s request and placing the kitchen tissues into the cart.
“Daddy, hurry! Grace wants to walk by herself!”Josh’s voice echoed from the living room, followed by the sweet, bubbly laughter of the two-year-old girl wobbling to her feet with both hands gripping the sofa.Daven jogged in from the kitchen. “Whoa, are these her first steps?”Josh nodded eagerly.
The late afternoon sky over SunCity had turned a shade of soft gold when Althea stepped into Daniel Miller’s office. The middle-aged man looked up from behind a large oak desk, his gaze warm and kind. Beside him sat the family lawyer—the same one who had read Chase’s will months ago.“Althea,” Danie







