New family, here I come. Mom took my hand and we both went to where David was standing.

“Are you guys done?”

He observed both our faces.

“Are you fine now, Katherina?”

I nodded.

“Don’t worry, they don’t bite.”

He smiled kindly, and I returned it with a small, uncertain one of mine. He nodded and opened his arm and my mother put hers through the space and they were linked. The house was very big, it made begin to wonder just how rich this David guy was. One of the men standing outside the big door that led to the house, opened it and we stepped into it.

“Welcome,...