Leander
Human extinction?
The very idea whips like a live wire in my brain, obliterating all distractions. And, brother, have I been distracted.
When I first got eyes on Emily, I kept catching glimpses of my late wife in her, but with Raya, that’s multiplied by a thousand. Tatiana lives in every facet of this girl. From certain angles, even her face is the same. Those high cheekbones, the prominent jaw, the arc of her hairline.
It’s uncanny.
Emily keeps catching me staring, and I’m a little baffled she hasn’t noticed it herself. She knew my wife—after a fashion. Surely she could see Raya painted all over her.
But maybe not. Maybe it’s just a husband’s love that does it. And his grief.
And now, those familiar lips drop a literal bombshell square in the middle of the breakfast table, obliterating any chances of a rational morning.