"Again, she watched for something from him. Gabriela decided to go on when nothing came through."I know you don't want me to worry, Seth. Could you go...a week if you were me and be happy about it?" No, I'd be upset."She read the short answer and sighed. Then he began typing again."I had a reaction to some medications. They changed drugs now and I'm doing better," he told her."I'm glad you're doing okay now. Seth, I missed you so much." Baby, I dream about you so many times." Tell me," she. Her long legs, wrapped in browncord jeans, stretched out toward Kath and her man. Carmel had a look of abundantwell being, Kath thought: as though she had received a great deal of pleasurein her life, and had every reason to expect more. Her brown hair spilled overa jumper the colour of red ochre.Brenda, to Kath's right, was the only other woman in the room approximatingKath's stature. But Brenda had wavy blonde hair - rather unkempt, Kath noticed;the skin on her face looked waxy. The ideal. He was beautiful. Michael lifted his shallowly-breathing son and told him, “Welcome to the world, Caleb. Welcome to the world.”Then, while the birth opening closed, he carefully handed Caleb to the first of his parents in line, to be held by each, and subsequently touched by every child too small to hold him. He was human, and humans need touch. Of necessity, the bonding went quickly, even with so many to love on him.At last, Michael took Caleb to his now healed mother and gently placed him in. She blushed prettily and turned away, embarrassed.I didn't want her to retreat into a shell because she was embarrassed so I let her off the hook. "You give it some thought and let me know. All you have to do is make two wishes and I'll see what I can do to fulfill them." Sounds great. How long do I have to cash them in?" As long as you need to decide, but choose carefully." I'll let you know," she said with a giggle and everything felt right between us again. I also felt pretty good about.