Chapter 16

Sara had experienced a number of surprises in her life, but nothing quite surprised her as much as seeing Lisa Thornton waiting outside her school to speak with her.

When Sara stopped in her tracks, James tugged on her arm. “What are you looking at, Mom?”

It had been three weeks since the infamous dinner, and it had been three of the happiest weeks of Sara’s life. She and Harrison spent as much time together as possible, and he had taken her and James on a picnic near the lake last weekend. James had chattered the entire time about school, his friends, and anything else that popped into his head, but Harrison hadn’t seemed to mind. Sara couldn’t help but fall further in love with him when he interacted with her son. When James asked Harrison to show him how to fish one day, Harrison had said yes immediately, even asking Sara later if she would mind him taking James out for a guys’ day eventually.

Kyle had never shown any kind of interest in his son, so seeing Harrison with James, a