I sat on a high stool and sulked as my eyes trailed after them. Richie gave her a blank canvas and a pallette, then he stood aside to watch her paint. She took a brush and dipped it in a paint, but I couldn't see what color it was as I sat away from them; just as she was about to make a stroke? Someone shrieked and rushed to hold Claire.

"Oh my gosh! Archie, you were right! The universe really did drop a perfect person in my path!"

It was Nessa, Archie's younger sister who should be Claire's exact age. Archie came in right behind her, looking rather confused,...