“That is a strange way to greet,” Fuji finally said from behind me.

“My men did not instruct me to greet Mistress Nu-reeh this way. They told me not to touch her at all, in fact.”

I laughed and turned to face my friends.

“This,” I said with flourish, “is Hannah and her Sister, Ra. I would most certainly not greet Mistress Nu-reeh in such a fashion.”

Rose looked stunned and Fuji just cocked her head at the new arrivals. They encouraged me to talk to Hannah and went back to what they had been doing. I got the feeling my daughter frightened Rose terribly.

I sat with Hannah and her Sister for a while and talked. Rose obviously was afraid, so we moved on the far side of the pool. The girls told me where they had been and where they were going. Hannah congratulated me on my pregnancy and Ra offered a blessing. They were happy it was a girl again.

Hannah said smiling. “She may choose not to join

help her family out and told her so. Ra said they would stay and help me with the pregnancy now, but they could not. The girls were in the middle of a thing they

a little…agitated,” Hannah

attitude if we stay

and the sly smile the girls had. They knew something. I wanted to

devotional, Mama,” Hannah said suddenly handing me a slip of what felt Like folded paper. “Just Like on Earth you can read it and then burn it. I’m sure God will listen if you say the

and made no

‘s

are here, Mama. I think we will be blessed

remembered from Earth with something Hannah remembered. It was sweet they had thought about this strange religious thing. I would do whatever made them happy, even if it wasn’t my culture

the first words in English said: Do not

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