Chapter 261

[Cordelia]

If this crazy world has taught me anything, I have learned that you should never throw love away. So few of us find family even when we are born into one.

Stephen Greyson didn't need to come to Napa from LA to give me a necklace. He came because he cares. He could have said everything he just did over the telephone or via video conferencing, but he didn't. Vulnerable and brave, he came to me

"Wait," I call after him and he stops, his back turned. "Can you help me put these on?"

His expression is carefully blank as he asks, "Are you sure?"

With a tiny smile, I nod and he lets himself relax. Coming over to me, he moves aside the veil and clasps the beautiful necklace around my neck while I adjust the earrings. Giving my shoulders a gentle squeeze he places a kiss on the back of my head like he always did when I was a little girl.

My heart feels heavy as I watch him walk away again. "Hey, Dad?"

He turns, "Yes Cordy?"

"Did mom come too?"

He is very silent, his eyes shifting