"No the sandwiches for the picnic are ready. Isabel…"
"Call me Iz."
"Iz, the name Danny calls you what does it mean I saw Rafe's face the first time he heard him say it. He looked like…like I haven't seen him look since he got off the plane from China."
"Izzy-bell, Danny called me that all the time. He was the only one who would. I hated it at first but it grew on me. He used it all the time. I only heard him call me Isabel once and he wrote me a letter using Isabel once. That was how I knew it was serious. I hadn't heard anyone call me that till I arrived yesterday afternoon and met my nephew."
"Rafe says he is just like his father."
"He is the spitting image of Danny. He has the same heart and spirit."
"He looks so much like him, it hurts me at times." Evelyn said sitting in the chair wiping her eyes with a small flowered hankie. "I sometimes don't want to look at him."
"Evelyn, don't feel guilty about your feelings. They are the truest parts of you. I know it hurts. I felt the same way when he called my Izzy-bell when I stepped of the train. They have the same brown eyes and smile. But Evelyn you are in there as well. He is not all Danny he has your nose and some of your hair color. It is lighter than Danny's."
"You do it to."
"Do what?
"Talk about him as if he is still here. As if he hadn't died."
"Well he is still here." She placed her hand over her heart and took one of Evelyn's and did the same for her. "He will always be a part of us and a part of the children."
"I told her that."
Both women looked up startled as Rafe stood in the doorway with the baby. Wiping tears away Iz went over and took the baby from him. "Well my little man, did you have fun with your Uncle Rafe?"
" You know Iz, if we aren't careful all the 'how adorables' for the baby will go straight towards Rafe's head" Evelyn continued both women laughing at the "who me" look that flashed on Rafe's face.
"Come on you," Evelyn said taking the baby. "You are Aunt Evelyn's for the day."
"To the swimming hole"
"I'll be down in a few minutes I need to do something first. I will meet you down there ladies unless you can't handle it without me."
"Oh we can handle it Rafe just wait and see. Come on Evelyn you take Rafe and the camera. I got the basket and the twin terrors out there."
