Chapter 26: Listen To Your Heart
Winter brings more sad news to Willow. Summer has passed away, just shortly after Travis did, leaving behind three adult children and a teenage daughter. Willow and Derek rushes over there at once to check on her, all alone in that big house. "This is why you don't have children late in life," Willow says before they arrive. She doesn't know Alivia all that well, but she understands her pain and tries her best to console her. Together they travel to the cemetery, where Alivia gets to say her final good byes to her mother. "Do you have anywhere to stay?" Willow asks, to Alivia's confusion. "I have the house." "Yes, but you can't live there alone." "My sister is moving in, tomorrow, with her family." "You can stay with us tonight if you want to," Willow offers, but Alivia says no. After all, she barely knows Willow. She returns home on her own. As sad as Willow is, Winterfest is coming and she needs to get the ...