Chapter 24. The Birthday

The day kicked off smoothly; it was Friday, which placed the full moon the next week. These were the two days Zera anticipated. Zion’s birthday, because she wanted to celebrate with her son and family on such a special day. Zion’s school competition, and the full moon, because that would be when Lionel’s unmarking would take place.

When Ivan told her the date many weeks ago, she didn’t know it would come this quickly. Ivan did everything, including calculations and proofing. The good thing was that the days she had looked forward to were already here.

She had told Diya about the talk she had with Aaron about getting her a job days ago at his company. Diya told her she shouldn’t have bothered Aaron, but how could she not? She was her best friend, and after everything they had been through together, she knew that Diya’s troubles were her troubles as well. If she could help lessen the pain, she would.

Diya thanked her and told her she would speak to Greg and hear wh