In a message dated 3/27/01 9:18:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "Here's my room," Kat said as she led Miranda inside the room she had worked
> so diligently to decorate and make "pretty." "You can see the garden from
> here, it's really pretty at night. And this is Tuffy," she held up the
bear
> and showed him to her friend proudly.
Miranda smiled at Tuffy "he's cute" she said.
> She was still young enough that she
> wasn't ashamed to show off her toys. "What do you...." a sudden warmth
> generating from the crucifix she wore stopped the child in mid sentence.
In
> her mind she heard Julia's voice ans she knew.....Julia was gone...leaving.
> The little girl gulped hard, not wanting to cry in front of Miranda. But
> she felt like crying. It seemed like she was always losing people she
cared
> about. One by one they just vanished. She pulled the crucifix out
> fromunder her top and held it tightly. "I will," she whispered back, "you
> too okay?" She bit her lip and looked at Miranda, not realizing that the
> sign of the true light she held in her hand might be upsetting ot her
Miranda looked at Kat then away "whats that?" she asked quickly even though
she thought she knew....she clenched her hands.
