Wherever I go,people will know me. If I ever try to return to being Johnny, I'll runthe risk of some reporter finding out that I was once the 'miracle...girl'.If the truth were ever discovered, I'd be disgraced and Ladies Choicewould be ruined."No one spoke. The two women remained silent while Johnny reconciledhimself to being Jeanette long into the future. After several minutes, Johnny looked at his wife and smiled. "I guess Ihad better start paying better attention to your makeup lessons." It. "Another pair, in the same town, tested as Healers."She was quiet, absorbing the information."What's in the water of that town?" she asked."It gets better," I said."Let me sit down," she replied. I heard the clicking of her heels. "Hit me." The children were raised according to the Director's specifications for twins," I said."Nobody does that," she said. "Everyone says they do, but nobody does." The mothers had their instructions directly from the Director," I said."Why would he do that?". ‘Well I needed someone to withstand my teasing and I got Mikey. All the other boys crumpled. It looks like the same thing with you. All the locals couldn’t take it, but you’ve found someone who can.’ ‘Oh.’ Maggie went bright red. ‘Don’t tell anyone, especially him. I want to know how he feels first.’ ‘All right Mags. I won’t even tell Mikey or Evie. Come on, let’s go in and find someone to tease.’ ‘I don’t know if I still can.’ Now she looked unhappy. ‘Course you can, if you want to that is.. I just laid in my bed and curled under my thick, white fleece.Less than one hour later, I heard the sound of his car. It was way earlier than he usually came back from the bar. I got up instantly, as I didn't want him seeing me all fragile like that. I had decided to talk to him openly, explaining that I wasn't afraid, hurt, or angry. Much the opposite, I wanted to hug him, tell him it was alright, and that I felt for him having all this anger bottled up inside. I also thought about, depending.