After the very awkward first meeting, they went inside to have lunch. Daniel’s sister was not there, having been invited to a boat party with her friends, but she would be there tonight. They planned to have a barbeque tonight and then smore making afterward. Mackenzie had never been to any family function like this, not even Christmas or Thanksgiving. Those kinds of holidays in foster homes were nothing like the families you saw on TV. However, Mackenzie had vague memories of one nice Christmas with her family before the birth of her brother but that was it.
Daniel’s mother, whose name she had found out was Pam, sat her down at the table and Daniel sat down next to her. Jessica sat across the table and promptly tried to ignore Mackenzie’s existence while Daniel’s Dad, Fredrick, sat at t
