Finally

"You are all ready to see your adoptive family again, Miss Addie. I think they will be so happy and surprised." Violet had no clue just how true her statement was.

"I only wish that we were allowed to be in the meeting with you. I think that this would be a happy and sweet moment. I would love to share it with you." Deanna's words threw me through a loop.

"O..o..oh." This was the first time that I was hearing anything about this. I personally would love to have nothing more than a quiet family meeting with me, Mom, Dad, Catherine, and Arthur. I didn't think that the others would be told they weren't allowed in. I didn't know what was going to be happening today at all. Not that I ever really knew what to expect or what was going to happen.

"Don't make the girl more nervous than she already is, Deanna. We are keeping our distance so that she may have a relaxing visit. It is not our place." Violet gently, but firmly, reprimanded her coworker.