SandcastlesChapter 52
Anyway, to go back a couple of chapters, that's how I had known, when I announced the next Family Day, that it had been exactly eight days since Nicole and I had returned from Washington, DC. I knew because Sally was kneeling on my right, completing the second full rotation of the women. Hey, do the math! (Four women, two turns each, come on, you can do it... ) My hand was resting on the back of Sally's neck and I felt her sense of calm suddenly shattered by the thought of another Family...