Five days passed. Yoko had been induced for a C-section, and the twins were delivered. The twin who was born alive was named Sapphire after September's birthstone. The twin who was born dead was named Cynthia after Whitney's adopted sister. Maya wasn't quite sure how exactly John and Yoko reacted when they saw their twins being born in front of them, but she figured it was somewhat along the lines of bittersweet. She was especially confused when John and Yoko asked her, the rest of the Diamond family, and Yoko's family to come and meet the twins.

"Really?" Maya remembered asking in a perplexed manner. "Are you sure about that? You'd rather not be alone?"

"Absolutely," Yoko replied tiredly. "John and I talked about it and made arrangements for Cynthia."

"Oh... okay. I guess if that's what you want, then we can't stop you. While we're at it, can I bring Sorcha's family members here?"

"Um, I don't see why not."

"Great. What's the address for the hospital and what room are you guys in?"

Goldie, Maya, Whitney, and little Petunia were the first ones to show up. Yoko's parents and siblings were still too upset from hearing the news, so they declined to show up at all. That didn't matter, though. Maya had also invited Roisin and her family to be there, both for emotional support and to introduce them to the rest of the Diamonds. When the Murrays showed up, plenty of hugs and greetings were exchanged.

"Nancy," Roisin called out to her oldest daughter. "Why don't you meet the babies?"

"Okay, coming, Mum," Nancy called back to her.

Nancy ran over to the cribs as quickly as she could, and she managed to get a quick glimpse at the twins. Almost immediately, she noticed that one of them was not moving.

"Hey, Mum," Nancy spoke to her mother.

"Yes, sweetheart?" Roisin asked.

Nancy pointed to the dead baby. "Which baby is that?"

"That's Cynthia."

"Why isn't she movin'?"

The teenagers and grown-ups in the room were fumbling to come up with an explanation.

John took Nancy aside to explain what the deal was. "Well... Cynthia was born sleeping."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Basically... she'll never wake up."

"That's awful. What about Sapphire?"

"She's alive and well. It's, uh..." John found him unable to speak and he excused himself to be with Yoko.

Maya beckoned Nancy to come over to her and talk to her. Nancy walked over to where Maya was sitting and sat down next to her.

"What's wrong, Maya?" Nancy asked out of concern. "You seem awfully sad."

Maya nearly choked up at Nancy's observation. "That's because I am sad. I'm sad that all this happened to me and my family, I'm sad that you lost your grandmother, and I'm sad that we had to meet like this..." She smiled nonetheless. "But you know what? Maybe it's for the best that we did meet like this. We've helped each other get through the worst situations imaginable. I can almost be certain that that's what your grandmother would have wanted: for us to be friends, even during the worst of times." She ruffled Nancy's hair and bit her lip to keep herself from crying any further in front of the young girl. "And really, isn't that what matters the most?"

"Maya!" Nancy squealed amusingly while swatting the young woman's hand away. "Stop it!"

The Murrays had to go back home to Dublin a few days later, but that didn't stop them or Maya from making long-distance phone calls whenever they could. As brief of a stay as it was for the Murrays, Maya was just grateful that it was a good stay. After visiting Sorcha's freshly-made grave, she went back home to her studio apartment. Finally, she was now alone with her thoughts... not for long, though. The phone began to ring. She went to pick it up and was pleasantly surprised to hear her mother's voice.

"Hello, starlight," she could hear her mother greet her. "How have you been?"

Maya looked down at the ground for a minute. "I've been better, but I've also been worse. I'm finally starting to accept that Sorcha's gone forever. I think I needed that past week to help me realize just how fragile life really is, you know?"

"Of course, dear. It's not easy losing someone close to you, and honestly, I don't think it will ever not get hard to move on. That's just a part of life. Life will always be hard. It's how we deal with it that matters."

"Absolutely. Thanks for calling, Mom. I needed this."

"You're welcome. Alright, starlight, goodnight. I hope you're sleeping well."

"You too."

With that, Maya hung up. If there was ever going to be any more tragedy for it, she wanted to face it head-on. Hopefully, there wouldn't be another tragedy for a long time to come... she could only hope, anyway.