Again, Liadan wonders about Annie's story. She hopes that one day, Annie will trust her enough to tell her. "He will, though it is hard to know when he'll be able to. His job schedule is very changeable."

Liadan sighs. She had known this would be the case when they got married but sometimes it was still hard for her. But if she wanted a conventional marriage, she should have married a conventional man. And then she thinks of Eamon and shudders slightly. "I am also hoping that my brother and his family will come visit often, since it was hard to leave them all behind. Sean and I are twins, so we've always been together."