Persephone was getting ready to stand when Diantha's confusion suddenly snapped off her face, which drew her attention back to the other woman. Diantha's blank face blinked before her minuscule shrug and, "Yes."
Persephone was surprised by both the speed and her mother's response, "You don't have to answer now. Yes to which, Dear?"
Persephone was confused until she heard Diantha's response, "'Yes', I would like to accept your offer of adoption into your immediate family."
Persephone understood that her devious old mother wanted to hear the whole thing fresh from Diantha's mouth. That was an interesting way of meeting the legal threshold of Diantha's acceptance. Persephone made a note to remember that trick.
Her mother surprised her again, when she switched from Persephone's suddenl
