Hi Guys!

I'm so glad you like the name. I was worried and thinking about doing a vote. But then I thought Jamie was perfect and I needed to get the chapter up. Here's the next one. I know none of you like Jacob, read this and see if that changes.

Hope you like it!

Jamie was getting stronger. Slowly, and not by much, but he'd got more active since I'd fed him. It was complicated, I had to dip my finger in the milk jug and put a drop onto his tiny tongue. But once he got the idea of what was happening he lapped it up and sucked gently on my finger after I was done. I had to save a lot of the milk for later; I didn't know if Older Jamie would come back and renew the jug. Besides, Little Jamie didn't want the whole thing and he'd promptly fallen asleep after drinking his fill.

I hoovered up the tea and biscuits, leaving crumbs on the plate and a bone dry pot. It was depressing, knowing that I depended on the boy who helped us. I didn't know if he was still ok, or if he had got in trouble for what he did, but for both our sakes I hoped he'd stayed out of sight.

My thoughts had drifted to events outside of my room. I wondered if Tori was ok, and if she thought about Jamie. I worried if Libby was alright and if she was worrying, I know If I was a midwife I would be. Did Jacob even care that his wife had had a child in appalling conditions and that baby was now hanging on to life by the skin of his teeth? Was Megan ok? The last I'd seen of her was an unconscious wreck at Tori's feet. And that was days ago. I wasn't sure how long I'd been here but it felt like moths. The walls and wreckage were familiar to me now and the air was warmer, thanks to our body heat and my power.

Mostly, I wondered about Uriel. I hadn't heard from him telepathically but then, we might be out of range. He would have known something had happened. We hadn't gone this long without seeing each other for ages, and he would have dropped by the house and seen it was empty. It was weird how much I missed him. Even though our lives had prevented us from taking a larger part in each other's lives, it physically hurt not to have seen him. I'd started looking over my shoulder, thinking he was there, until I saw the plain white wall and went back to Jamie. It might have been the birth, or the sudden responsibility, or the hunger that had made me go slightly mad.

The clang of the door broke me out of another Uriel filled daydream. I looked up, hoping for a skinny boy with a nervous expression to be bringing us more food. Instead, it was a tall man in dark green, looking blank and muscly.

"Come on."

I frowned and pulled Jamie closer to my chest. "Where are we going?"

The man walked over and picked up the brown bag from the corner, tucking the towel inside and closing it with a snap. "Mr Sanzer wants you taken to a nicer room. Says this one's a bit rank."

I looked around at the trashed room, barely big enough for the three of us and snorted. "You think?"

The man shrugged and held the door open. "You coming?"

I scrambled to my feet, tucking the blanket tighter around Jamie, keeping his head and hands warm as he clenched his tiny fists and sucked at the air.

I had to trot to keep up with my guide as he walked down the long white corridors, passing rows of identical white doors. I tried to get a grip of my surroundings but with a baby and it all being so similar I soon knew I could never navigate myself out of this without raising attention to myself.

"Here we are." The man stopped by another white door, knocking sharply and pushing it open.

I walked in slowly, looking around in wonder. This room was white as well. But it was huge, with soft white carpets and a four poster bed. A white door lead to a white en suite bathroom, complete with a Jacuzzi bath and fluffy white towels. The bed had soft white covers and silk pillows, a cashmere blanket folded neatly at the bottom.

I wandered into the room, my mouth hanging open, before bumping into a cot tucked at the end of the bed. It was perfect, just what a baby should have in a perfect world. I didn't really want to put Jamie down, I just clutched him to my chest. "What's all this for?"

The man shrugged. "Search me, I was just told to bring you here. It's your new room. There's baby stuff in the wardrobe and Mr Sanzer got you a load of new clothes. Everything you need is here."

I looked down at Jamie, realising he hadn't been washed yet. It felt like a sin to get all of this white messed up and dirty.

I turned again, looking around the room for another time before I registered the windows in one wall. I wandered over to them, standing in the middle and staring.

We were in a boat.

There was water as far as the eye could see. It was gentle, no waves really, and dark blue. I could feel the pulse of it under me, now that I knew it was there.

Uriel would never find me here. I doubted I was within one hundred miles of South Africa. We must have travelled to the East Coast to get here. But that would have taken a whole day on its own.

The man coughed to get my attention. "Mr Sanzer realised you might need a bit of help settling in. He got you some help." The man waved out the door and a small girl came in, looking clean and eager to serve. I felt my eyebrows rise. I was the servant, not the one needing to be served.

"This is Joanna. She's ten. She used to help Mrs Sanzer when she came here but now she's been assigned to you. She'll help you with the baby and getting dressed and all. Mr Sanzer said he was expecting you for dinner." The man turned sharply and strode out of the door before I could say anything.

Ok, this was creepy.

I smiled at Joanna who came over and peeked into Jamie's blanket. "He's so cute! I love babies, I'm going to have a huge family one day."

I laughed nervously before looking at her closely. "Wait, you look familiar. Do I know you?"

The girl shook her head. "I don't think so ma'am. I don't see many people more than once unless they're Mr or Mrs Sanzer, or they work her. But you might know my brother. He's older than me. He's called Jamie. He works here too."

My jaw dropped. This was his sister. The one he hadn't let me out to save. Small world.

Joanna skipped towards the huge white wardrobe and pulled open the doors, revealing a rainbow of colour and enough different fabrics to make a duvet for the whole of South Africa. "Let's choose the nicest dress for dinner. You want to look your very best for your date with Mr Sanzer tonight!"

I said nothing. I just held Jamie tighter.

Changed your opinion of Jacob?

Nope! If anything its got worse. Ultimately wierd.

Next one tomorrow.

See you then!

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