ordered something.”
“No,” I said. “I’m taking it to our room. I don’t want them opening some cruel joke in front of everyone.”
His expression changed immediately.
He understood what those words had done to me.
I carried the box into our bedroom, closed the door, and sat on the edge of the bed.
For nearly a minute, I simply stared at it.
Then I lifted the lid.
A folded note lay on top.
“Dawn,
Please don’t show this to anyone until you finish reading.
Don’t trust Grandma.”
I stopped
