CHAPTER 6HELL
NAOMI
If the DiNovis noticed my puffy eyes and runny mascara as we got into the car, they didn’t mention it. I knew I liked these people.
“I’m not sure how to ask this politely,” I said as we headed out of the driveway, “but how do they… get on in the world? People like the cat girl, I mean, and the Opposite-s*x Twins—surely they can’t be openly romantic—and even Martha. I mean, people have to notice eventually that she never has the baby.”
“Very few of the blatantly… unusual Shadows live out in society,” Dr. DiNovi said. “They follow the more traditional model.”
“Which is what?”
Dr. DiNovi sighed. “Shadow as… fantasy lover, imaginary friend, dearly beloved pet. You have to understand, Helen and I are quite progressive. When we married—well, for one thing, we married, i
