Love at the end of the tunnel.

her boys were never going

love from their infancy right ti

appy childhood as different

ed, she would do any t

Zelda slowly led her up the na

d the babies in her arms and raced back down the

in less than

k lock up." Sonya said weakl

ted the alarm systems?" S

id with a smirk as she set down the ziploc bag tha

n any fancy alarm system." She bragged

?" Sonya asked puzzl

e him a bath."

." She finished coming back in to the living room to r

tinued as she returned to the kitchenette to fill up a

t you can't wash them with cold water. But you can't use boiling water either." She finished as she tur

living room to take th

eturned them to their mother

?" She asked the young mother as she drain

hings." Sonya a

double, I had no idea I was

what you have, until we can get mo

ok her he

n from the stor

o of them." She continued. Her voice was s

ll her arrogant vows of giving her sons the best childhood p

ng the best mot

an awful mother, a better mother, would have known how many babies

inly deserved

broke in to

we just received a new shipment, one of the cartons

hat would she have done with ou

in to her book store

as the best thing that c

h of a place to sit and rest her back for a few minutes, she had not only given her a job, she had also given her a

, and now she was in her apartmen

elf of any profit she could have made if her doors were o

stranger, an employee she had never

ieve, that such kind and g

he street benches she had been sleeping on since she got to San Diego, or worse still, sh

e trash that she did not feel entirely comfortable being treated so we

her with respect and the regulars always as

acquired similar features to the humans around her, but was of no use to any one except to serve as a glorified dol

reated on the streets, like she was some sort of plague to be avoi

ted her with respect and dignity. It fel

cerned, was a little bit of heaven, and Ze

n could do all she did. Humans

the stairs with the carton, she had been unloa

d come back up, Sonya was pretty sure that she had dumped the rest

Sonya had so carefully selected from

y the boys down for their naps and stood there arm cro

bies, you sure do a great job of caring for

?" Zelda asked comi

I may not have children of my own, bu

usins are all pare

n we were down stairs.... You said...." She stutt

kled with

said any thing to get out of there and

t the cartons

as there, being the first to see the boys

d the beauty of your boys l

ve them seventeen years, and they'll

you know, I'm t

e out burst, with out a

gratulations are in order

cowled

gratulations are also in order o

godmother."

me." Was the r

nswered instant

like to name them." She