Lark was in her parent’s bedroom looking out over the back yard grinning. Max told them all they were there as a surprise. Their families thought they were there to see Max propose to Lark. She caught his eyes in the yard, and he went to Grady and whispered to him.
Grady gave a nod and a thumbs up and Lark almost laughed. She knew Max was telling him to get her and bring her downstairs. She quickly left the room and moved back to her bedroom knowing her father would look for her there.
She barely had time to close her door when her father knocked. She pulled the door open, “hi.”
“Hey, sweetie, Max is downstairs in the back yard.” He looked at the white lacy sundress she wore. “Is that new?”
“Yup. Max and I were supposed to have a date tonight. He’s in the back yard?” She pretended to b
