Attentive listening allows Nel to pick up on a couple key phrases, namely ‘should be’ and ‘four exceptions’. She stares at her mother in silence after as she waits to hear more, but if given a moment, she will put the pieces together herself as her confusion becomes shock as she takes all of this to relate to the miracle brought about by an Echo. Feste had been adopted but her mothers gave birth to four children starting almost two decades ago. Twenty years.

Nel had noticed some time ago that she shares a resemblance with her Mummy much like she does with her Mum, but she had thought maybe they had found someone that kind of looks like Janice to help when they decided to have a third pregnancy.

“Wait. Wait, am I one of the four?”