Still chattering, Aundrea grasped her son's arm and dragged him with her, Alicia on her other side, while Pamela lingered, watching her love and the sweet young couple as they descended the steps to the walk on their way to the street. I inhaled the freshness of the spring afternoon, breeze from the open door soothing my worry, my heart, while Pamela met my eyes.
"Jared mentioned the park?" Leave it to her to bring that up at a time like this. Well, she was a reporter.
I wrinkled my nose at her. "I'll be attending the opening," I said. "Protestors or not."
She nodded once, dark eyes pale in the sunlight. I caught Daisy joining us out of the corner of my eye as Pamela spoke. "I'm prepping a story for this week's Gazette," she said, sounding amused rather than worried, so I released some of my growling protectiveness for Jared and Alicia while she went on. "Caused quite the kerfuffle in council, let me tell you." She winked slowly. "I guess you missed it?"