***Ella*** I smooth my hand over the small mound in my lower abdomen, marvelling at how quickly the little life inside me had grown. It was both exciting and terrifying. I couldn't feel any movement, but I knew lots was happening inside. "Do you like the name Sen suggested to me?" I ask aloud. I had started doing this two days ago, talking to myself. Only in the privacy of the bath tub, though, which was where I was right now. The door opens a little and I smile as I feel Austin's amusement at having caught me. "Probably good to get lots of words in before she gets to an age when she answers back," he says, stepping into the room and shutting the door behind him before sitting next to the bath tub. "I asked Sen for a name," I tell him. He looks a little surprised for a moment but then

