Chapter 88

• Ashley's hands trembled slightly as she reached for the doorknob, expecting it to be their neighbor.
• As she opened the door, her eyes widened in shock, and her breath caught in her throat.
• Standing on the porch, looking every bit as surprised to be there as Ashley was to see them, were Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, Lucas's parents. But something was different about them. They didn't have the same disapproving look on their faces that they had the last time Ashley had seen them. Instead, they looked... changed. Softer, somehow.