Chapter 21

• When Steven walked into the foster home he felt a sense of peace. He admired that, fostering children wasn’t an easy job. Rachel had filled him in on the basic facts before they’d reached the house, at top speed. Connie and her husband took in several children a year, while hoping for their own. At this time, they had three foster children. A nine-month-old girl, Haley, he remembered, little Ricky and a twelve-year-old girl, Marie, unless the baby was Marie.
• Rachel dropped her bag by the door and went into the sitting room. A petite thin blonde girl jumped off the couch and ran to her.
• “You’re back! How was it?” She stepped back when she spotted Steven and dropped her head looking down at her hands.