“Ok, this is kind of creepy.”

“What?!”

You! What’s up?”

“Once again, I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“I mean last time I was here you were all like, ‘Dani I really wished you would have rescheduled this visit I’m very busy.” she finished with a laugh lightening her tone again.

“So you’re impression of me is that I sound like Daddy?”

“No, but you were beyond serious and wound so tight I could’ve used you as a sling shot. So, what’s up?”

“Nothing, I’m ok, I guess.”

“Uh uh, you are not getting off that easy, what’s her name?”

“There is no ‘her’, I’m just a lot more relaxed I guess. Work is going great, there’s a lot less stress on me now that Carmen’s come onto the practice, that helps a lot. And you would know that if you ever came back to the states more than just once every millennium.”

“Hey the last time I was here you spent so much time working I spent practically all of my vacation with Shane and Carmen. And don’t get me wrong I love them like they were my sisters too, but I kind of wanted you to take me to the airport and see me off.”

“I know, and I’m really sorry that I allowed my work to get ahead of you and the time I’d promised to you. I will not do that again, I promise.”

“I can tell. So, what’s her name?”

“Her name is… Angelica. She’s energetic, fun, and has me wrapped around her little finger. It’s sad really.”

“Sounds like love to me.”

“I do love her.”

……………………………………

Bette was sitting at the table with her younger sister listening to a story she was telling about the children she was working with in Columbia. Carmen and Shane were also enraptured in the story and hadn’t noticed Tina walking over to their table with Angelica resting on her hip. It wasn’t until the little girl squealed when she saw Carmen and reached out her hands to her, that they all looked up. Carmen immediately smiled and rose to get the little girl from her mother; she took Angie and sat back down playing with her in her lap.