It's been about a month before either one of them broaches the topic. Sara’s debit card has arrived. She withdraws some money and puts it on the table, and later, after Alice comes home, it's gone. Alice stops sending Millie to daycare all day, and instead switches her to the half a day program, so that Sara can watch her in the afternoon. Sometimes it's like Sara has always been there, and she was just imagining the time she spent in Emberia, away from this perfect paradise.