Despair doesn’t turn into hope instantly. It would take months for Kate to work her way out of the spiral of sadness, even longer for her to stop thinking of herself as Funke. But dancing with Liv and Jojo on her tenth birthday was the moment she decided to survive. She’d make this family work, do whatever it took to fit in. She would flourish. Become a Stone they’d be proud of. A Stone they would love.
