On the Altar

Chapter 20

POV-Crystal, age 16

After a few minutes of sniffling, everyone was all smiles and rainbows, because I named my daughters after them. All of them went home after spending at least ten minutes with my daughters each, and after a while, I fell asleep.

Next day, when I woke up, I found Marty, Jen and Misty cooing over my daughters, Anna gurgling and Stacie somber as hell, oh sorry, I need to watch my language now. They noticed that I woke up, and Misty sat on a chair next to my bed with Stacie in her arms, looking up at her godmother as if she were some sort of giant.

"So, what have you thought about the future?" Jen asks me.

Misty answers for me by saying, "Well, she's staying with my grandparents till she completes school, law school and all, and then when she gets a job, the both of us