”It was a subdued Christmas. Andy and Sybil had, effectively, “lost” their daughter and Richard his sister. Though no one stated it, they each r...ecognized they’d never see Cat again. They’d received a strange, rather barren Christmas card of a black-and-white-photo with a great deal of snow from “MoMA,” signed by “Cat and Ed,” and a raft of (largely useless) gifts. But Sybil had hoped for a long narrative, a letter recalling the past months.Andy had gone over documents and statements with. You’ve got me hooked and I want to be with you.”“I felt so incomplete when I was alone,” Melody added. “Even with Kate for company, I felt like part of my heart was missing.”“I think that’s part of what happened when I was with Allie,” I agreed. “It was exciting, but I didn’t feel like I was all there.”I’d been thinking about this a lot over the past week. Being in Chicago while Melody was in Lissa’s house and Lissa was sick at Jack’s had been hard on all of us.“I don’t know how I’m going to. But I feel he is too young. My wife and I both don’t want him to take the burden of studies at this young age. Let him be happy, play and enjoy.”She looked at me with a smile and said, “Since you said play, let me tell you one more thing. Whenever he enters school in a happy playful mood. He wishes me ‘Good Morning Mam’.” And she laughed out, I was sure she was at something else.I took my chance and told her “Who would not like those chubby cheeks?” Slowly I could feel that intimacy was. I wanted to scream. I wanted to laugh. He was telling me he didn't care about me or the child we created together, he just wanted the rewards of working eighty hours a week and the toys his money could buy with that money. I should be happy. It wasn't up to me to choose everyone's path in life, whether children should be a part of it or not. It bothered me that he could be so insensitive and cold. I didn't see it in him when we were together. Was I blind?I took the papers from him. "Very well,.