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"Good"

"You should have had a dozen daughters," I told him

He laughed, but I really meant it Why was it people who didn't want children, ere too selfish to really care for theenerous and loving at heart went through life alone?

Mama used to live with the deep-set belief that ultiht would win out at the end, that there was a good and just superior power taking care of us Maybe it wasn't evident, but it was there

Poor Maood angels or if she had lost her faith in the end and died with disappoint her pure heart

It wasn't until the airport caht that I realized not only had I not flown overseas, I had never flown anywhere! I wondered if Jake knew that

"It looks so busy," I co about, skycaps rolling luggage, shuttle buses winding around cars, policeht it was pure chaos "What a o?"

"This isn't your first airplane ride, is it?" Jake finally asked

"Yes"

"Oh ht Don't worry about it

You'll have to check your luggage inside and show them your passport with your ticket They won't let me park here, Rain, so you'll be on your own from the time I let you out Of course, I could park in the lot and ith you if you like," he offered

"I'll be all right, Jake Mrs Hudson told o"

"She would because she thinks everyone was born with the same steel in her bones," he muttered

"Victoria was," I said, thinking that was the best part of Grandmother Hudson to inherit

"Yeah, that she was," Jake said, concentrating on squeezing the vehicle into an opening As soon as he did, he stopped and jumped out of the car He openedfor a skycap