“How?”
“Like he is already part of the Sterling family in a way that is different from Luna.”
Daniel straightened in his chair.
I kept my voice even. “What does that mean?”
Karen turned off the water. “She keeps saying there will be a place for him with us. She says the family needs to stay involved.”
“Did she ask you to do anything?”
“Not exactly.”
That answer stayed between us.
“What did she ask you to do?”
Karen gave a short laugh that had no humor in it. “She said there would be a private family discussion after the delivery.”
“Where?”
“I don’t know yet.”
“Who is supposed to be there?”
“My mother. Me. You, I guess.”
Karen did not answer.
Daniel reached for a pencil and rolled it between his fingers.
I said, “Karen?”
“She talks as if the babies are already assigned places,” Karen said. “I don’t know how else to explain it.”
