Evelyn turned back to look at the orphanage. She whispered, “Mom, will things get better for Nathan?”Amelia caressed her head and said tenderly, “Yes, they will. As long as he is willing to be good, things will get better for him. What we need to do right now is to lead our own lives well, okay?”Evelyn nodded solemnly. “Yeah! Mom, I like our new home. We will never be apart from now on!”-Night fell. Evelyn had fallen asleep, her breathing steady against the pillow.Amelia sat at her desk in the living room, her bowed as she looked through the information required for her reporting at the National Space Administration tomorrow.The soft scratching of a pen nib against paper was the only sound in the room.Suddenly, her phone buzzed with Jasper’s name on the screen.Amelia answered the call, some ink left on her fingertips.“Are you at Rivendell already?” Jasper’s voice came through the phone.That warm, familiar voice brought Amelia some comfort.She tidied up the documen
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