43. Mama Rhodes

Genevieve POV

After training Ray took me to do some shopping so I could get gifts for my family. He was still a little shook up from my ability to take him down so easily, but after we talked about it he seemed fine. We put up the tree with my family that evening, & my sister & Zaio came over to help. It was nice doing family things with my real family, but I still missed Daniel- well, Joseph. He was the only family I had had my entire life. Having his sisters around helped ease the pain a bit though.

Ray & I attempted to make his apple crumble once more, & when Jennifer realized what we were doing, she grabbed the ground cloves from the spice cabinet & tossed them to us. Ray caught it & looked at her questioningly & she just smiled.

"It's missing something, right?" She smiled at us knowingly.

We both laughed & she told us to add just a pinch to the crumble. Turns out, she was right. The crumble came out just like he used to make it. We had it for desert af