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home to get some rest and let me rest. She took the
baby into the nursery and I slept for a few hours. I
dreamed of my baby, of Logan and of Troy, and
awoke with Annie's name on my lips. Oh, I was
certain, I just knew she was Troy's baby, and I vowed
Logan would never know--her love for him, and my
love for him, would make it all up to him.
I painfully scooted myself out of bed and
slowly walked down the hall to the glassed-in nursery.
A raucous voice greeted me from the end of the hall.
"Well, looky who's finally up and about."
Fanny was sitting in a wheelchair being pushed
by a private nurse.
"Which one's your little boy?" I asked. "Luke? I named him after Pa. Luke's there, the
handsomest one in the row," she said. I could see her
filled with genuine love and pride.
"He is a beautiful baby," I agreed.
"I knew ya would think so, Heaven. Ya married
his fatha and he looks just like 'im. Where's yer little
girl?"
I pointed out Annie She was howling.
"Are ya sure, Heaven? Why, she don't look like
no one around here."
That sent a chill through me. Fanny could never
know, never suspect the truth. I pasted a smile on my
face. "Why, Fanny," I teased her, "with her wailing
like that, she looks a little like you did last night." Even Fanny had to laugh.
"I'll be seein' ya, sista," she said. Then she had
her nurse push her back to her room. "An' don't go too
fast! I wanna peek inta all the rooms," Fanny
