The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily. Rachel Cohn

could be just the occasion to help them along. I’d sent an invite last night to his mom first, but she declined, saying she had a client meeting at the same time. So this morning I had the thought to invite Dash’s dad instead.

      It was a surprise, then, to open the door and see Dash standing between his mother and father. “Guess who I ran into?” he said.

      I don’t think his parents have been in the same room together since Dash was a child and had to testify in court during their divorce.

      Dash did not have a party face. Neither did his parents.

      Finally, cold had arrived for Christmas.