Everyone familiar belongs to Janet.

We were sitting in bed, enjoying the morning before more relatives arrived, when I brought up the subject of Stephanie's employment. Her bare feet were planted on the mattress and she had Olivia propped up against her bent legs, the tiny fingers curling around one of mine. Steph herself was comfortably tucked under my stretched out arm.

"What do you mean I no longer work for Vinnie?" She asked, not sounding upset like I'd been expecting.

Olivia has worked wonders on both our temperaments. All things were suddenly slammed into perspective. My main goal has always been to protect Stephanie, and that compulsion had tripled ever since her shaking body handed me that positive pregnancy test.