Chapter 76

It has been three months since the day we rescued Doyle and Calista has visited her aunt and uncle at the river for the first time. She has been at the river every day since then. If we don’t get to take her, Taylor and Evan would take her with them while they are on land. Her swimming skills are now at almost expert level now, but it’s getting too cold now to swim in the river, and she is not happy.

“Mom! Do you have any ideas what I can do? I can’t swim because it’s too cold. What are some things I can do in the cold weather?” I smiled, then replied, “Would you like to learn how to cook? That’s a fun thing you can do on a cold day.” She smiled, “I would like to learn that, but I’m wondering if I can paint or something like that.” I replied, “Hmm, how about diamond painting?” She cocked her head to one side, “What is that?” I took her in my craft room, and showed her the one I was doing, “You see these tiny little crystals in different colors? You see this sticky paper with