"Maybe you will, I replied.  l'm sure Noah will tell her all about you in his next letter.

I didn't look back at those unhappy days much and to do so brought a wave of unexpected sadness. Even with my aunt' s help, it had been a struggle to get throughmy pregnancy and give birth to Noah. Brian  seemed an interested listener, but his true reaction was unreadable. I wondered what he must think of me-really think of me-getting pregnant at age seventeen and running away from home. I'd finished high school and earned my diploma with a home program, but I'd never gone on to college except for a...