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appointment, I went into our bedroom, made
certain my husband was in his office, and
closed the door. Then I used the link to
send a message to Ronald.

Instantly his response flashed across my
left eye.

Are you all right? He sent, as he always
did, as if he expected something terrible
to have happened to me during our most
recent silence.

Fine, I sent back, disliking the personal
questions.

And the girls?

Fine also.

So, you linked to chat? Again, as he
always did.

And I responded as I always did. No. I
need to make an appointment for Echea.

The Moon Child?

I smiled. Ronald was the only person I
knew, besides my husband, who didnТt think
we were insane for taking on a child not
our own. But I felt that we could, and
because we could, and because so many were
suffering, we should.

My husband probably had his own reasons.
We never really discussed them, beyond
that first day.

The Moon Child, I responded. Echea.

Pretty name.

Pretty girl.

There was a silence, as if he didnТt know
how to respond to that. He had always been
silent about my children. They were links
he could not form, links to my husband
that could not be broken, links that