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Willow named the shadow Perpetual, sure Sister Dominic Agnes would approve of the name. She wasn’t certain of the exact day or week when Perpetual moved entirely out, though she knew if she cared to sit and spend an evening remembering all the wrongs done to her, Perpetual would walk eagerly back through the door and snuggle close and bring out long colored fabrics from her basket of memories.
In October, she took the GED, and in January she started college, thanks to the woman who took drop-ins and to whom Prairie went eagerly.
The March afternoon Mrs. Crat called to say she had something she needed to bring right over, Willow had just put Prairie down for a nap and pulled out a geology book, hoping to grab an hour of study before picking up the apartment and starting dinner. As he
