“Her color is coming back to her skin, and her beautiful green eyes are not so sunken. They sparkle with happiness now. Her hair is beginning to grow back—so much of it had fallen out when we bathed her aboard the ship. It’s dark brown with a slight curl at the baby-fine ends.”
Ian didn’t interrupt him and continued to listen, knowing how important this was for Lucky and for Sarah. “She smiles now, all the time. Ian? Do you remember that first day, when all she did was make that horrible mewling cry?” When Ian nodded, Lucky went on. “She has a beautiful smile, with a mouth full of teeth and another molar coming in right now. It bothers her sometimes, but aside from that, she’s a happy baby, making noises and babbling all the time.”
Ian glanced over at Sarah and saw tears streaming down h
