But Daddy was smiling! William wasn't sure but he looked relieved. And I looked at both of them with love and went over and hugged them. Daddy told William to go upstairs and that Mommy would help him get ready. I didn't know what that meant but before I could ask William went upstairs.
I squeezed his hand as he walked past and he squeezed back. I felt better. I would die if William hated me.
Daddy looked at me and he said I was so smart and that he was lucky that I was born the "Daughter of Sighs". He said that even my name, Suspiriana, means "sigh". He said I was born at a special time and that he made me with Mommy on a tapestry covered in sigils.
He said that he knew he had to give me the book when he saw it, but that he didn't know exactly what would happen. I bit my lip, and felt
