"I saw you watching me change," Hazel said, her eyes gleaming. "I want to know what you think when you look at me," she reiterated. "What thoughts come to your mind?"

"I- uh- like I said, you're beautiful," Mama Aira said, flushing a deep scarlet.

Hazel reached out toward me from her position by the bed and I approached her and took her hand, turning back to face Mama once I stood beside Hazel.

"And Hailey?" my twin sister asked, her eyes aglow.

"Equally beautiful," Mama Aira replied automatically. "Really, you're both gorgeous. I don't see where... you're...." she trailed off as Hazel wrapped her arms around my waist and...