"She doesn't need to talk, Grace holds both sides of the conversation for her." Their oldest daughter had started talking young and had simply never stopped. Esperanza had a sneaking suspicion that when Charlie started talking it would be in fully formed sentences, with a great deal of thought behind them. Well a great deal of thought for a baby. "Maybe she's just quiet? She's hit all of her other milestones, she just is not chatty."

"And you don't hire a tutor for a child who's only a year." To suggest it was absurd. There was nothing wrong with Charlie or how Esperanza raised their daughter. Charlie just had no reason to talk and was more

Espa could not say what forty year old her wanted. Forty year old her might have been perfectly pleased taking care of a new born. Maybe she had empty nesting habits. "Travel with your team?" On the list of people she wanted to go nowhere with most of his team was all of it. His beating partner in particular."That sounds…. I can't even fake this one. That sounds absolutely miserable."