Chapter 31 Quiet Years (Cont'd)
At seven months, Aurora's walking. Not wobbly first steps but confident strides, as if she's been doing it for months.
At eight months, she's running.
At nine months, she speaks in complete sentences.
"Mama, why we hiding?" she asks one morning over breakfast.
I nearly choke on my coffee. "What ...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Stunned
2. Chapter 2 Broken
3. Chapter 3 Broken cont'd
4. Chapter 4 Bittersweet
5. Chapter 5 A flicker of hope
6. Chapter 6 Trap
7. Chapter 7 Discovery
8. Chapter 8 Whispers in the Dark
9. Chapter 9 Whispers in the Dark (cont'd)
10. Chapter 10 Damon's Discovery
11. Chapter 11 Damon's Discovery (cont'd)
12. Chapter 12 Found
13. Chapter 13 The Plan
14. Chapter 14 Stella's Discovery
15. Chapter 15 Stella's Rage
16. Chapter 16 False Witness
17. Chapter 17 False Witness (cont'd)
18. Chapter 18 The Border
19. Chapter 19 The Border (cont'd)
20. Chapter 20 The Collapse
21. Chapter 21 Human Kindness
22. Chapter 22 Devastating News
23. Chapter 23 Recovery
24. Chapter 24 Recovery (cont'd)
25. Chapter 25 First Steps
26. Chapter 26 Followed
27. Chapter 27 Growing Complications
28. Chapter 28 Margaret's Kindness
29. Chapter 29 Pre-mature Labor
30. Chapter 30 Quiet Years
31. Chapter 31 Quiet Years (Cont'd)
32. Chapter 32 Unusual Child
33. Chapter 33 Unusual Child (cont'd)
34. Chapter 34 Margaret's Revelation
35. Chapter 35 T & Cs
36. Chapter 36 The Confrontation
37. Chapter 37 Dream Messages
38. Chapter 38 Dream Messages (cont'd)
39. Chapter 39 First Real Meeting
40. Chapter 40 First Real Meeting (cont'd)
41. Chapter 41 The weight of Trust
42. Chapter 42 The Testing Ground
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