I didn't have to tell them where I was going, what I was doing. The crowd at the door already knew. Backed off and let me enter, hands touching me, Mom hugging me swiftly, Meira, Liam. Uncle Frank almost crushed me he held me so tight, but I didn't mind.

"We should have stayed, fought harder." His words were muffled in my hair.

"You had no choice." I kissed his cheek and smiled. I could smile now that I'd decided what to do. "But I do."

Sunny next, trembling, ...