"Me next!" Europa begged.
"Put her down right now!" Nikita demanded.
"Cáel, I'm scared," Loraine faux-sniffled. "Hold me." That would have been bad in all kinds of ways. Loraine had picked up a cotton candy colored bra and panty set - from a nice girl - liked to walk around my room in just that and the matching pair of 6 inch heels...which were also in the box.
"No!" Nikita grabbed Loraine's bra strap to impede her progress. Europa slipped past Nikita right as Timothy was putting the exhilarated Aya down. For a child handled like glass most of her life, I could tell the thrill of our roughhousing was reaching deep into Aya's heart. She didn't know that she was still being treated differently than other nine year-olds because being something new was good enough.
From my point of view, I
