Mummy, hurry up! Richie and Sammy would be waiting for us!" Emma jumped excitedly as he waited impatiently for Marissa to catch up with him. Her pace was too slow for him, it seemed, as he ran back to her and held her hand to spur her on. Marissa smiled at his exuberance as she gingerly made her way up the pathway that led to her house.

"Her house," she mused. It still felt strange to connect that phrase to herself, but she was getting accustomed to it by the day.

"Imagine that; I had only been thinking of renting out a house in a better neighborhood, and now I...