When Declan awoke, he opened the ramp. Emily and Murdock were sitting close to the fire. They had restarted it and were sitting and waiting. Declan bounded down the ramp and greeted his wife with a big hug and a passionate kiss. He was followed, a few minutes later, by Irene and Annie.
“Em, this is Annie Cooper,” Declan said.
“We’ve met,” Emily said as she extended her hand to the much smaller woman.
“A pleasure to see you again, Emily,” Annie said as she took the sss's hand. As she watched Emily’s hand close over hers, her hand seemed to disappear.
“Nice to see you, too, Annie, and you can call me either Em or Emily,” Emily replied.
Irene came over and gave Emily a hug. “How are you, Em? How're our kids…err, umm, Murdock’s kids?”
“There just as healthy as can be,” Emily responded.
