Chapter 34

• EVELYN
• Birthdays have always meant something special to me. Maybe because my parents made sure of it every year, without fail, they’d turn the house into a miniature fairytale, complete with a table overflowing with my favorite things.
• But this year, it was different. This year, I was twenty-two. This year, I had Dave as my lover not just as my brother. And that meant my heart beat with a new kind of anticipation, one that made my steps light as I came down toward the dining room.