Mommy carries me to the kitchen. I wrap my legs and free arm as far asI can around her. I never want to let go. I guess I might as well be ababy for n...w. I?m too content to bother to show Mommy how smart I am.I can see the headlines now, though: GENIUS TODDLER CONFOUNDSSCIENTISTS. That would be fun.Mommy puts me into a highchair with a plastic tray-table in front ofme. I don?t like it, but I have to stay here if I want to getsomething to eat. Mommy, Daddy, and Kristy gather around the table.. Ahead, she could see the farmhouse, ablaze with lights, motorcycles parked all around. As she got closer, she looked for Tommy’s Harley. She wanted to go for a ride and do some partying. He wasn’t there. The assholes had been brawling again too, some of the shoji were ripped out. She almost decided to turn around because she didn’t feel like dealing with them tonight but she wanted to know where Tommy was so she went on. She climbed the old stairs, quietly pushed aside the shoji to the. Upon entering I found the house to be warm and inviting. There were embers in the fireplace, and the tree was decorated with hand-made ornaments, each one looking as if it was modeled after an event or a memory. A small house, an apple, a string of wooden beads, and of course, popcorn.I verified again that this person had been marked with a red check mark. Here? In Antarctica? At least she was already familiar with surviving the cold weather, so the move should not be too much of a challenge. Lea returned to her sister’s home to wait for her, as Tamir would not be home until late that evening. Relaxing in a simple, wooden chair, she drifted off for a nap, rubbing her stomach every so often to soothe her baby. Some time later, she was awoken by the sounds of Maya’s cart returning with the water, and she made her way out back to help her sister unload the jars from the cart.Holding the reins of the horse as Maya unhitched him from the cart, Lea asked, “Did you have any trouble? You.