Auscha: [doing as she was told she walks near the door when she reaches for the door knob she pauses then turns around] I take it Dana was not welcoming to the news of her unborn child.

Lara: [stares at her in shock before speaking] I—I do not know what you speak of.

Auscha: [smiling] I was born no fool.

Lara: [a single tear fell from her left eye] How?

Auscha: [slowly walking towards her] I knew before Dana fell ill.

Lara: Before now I have not told anyone except Dana!

Auscha: Abnormal sleep patterns, increased appetite, swollen breast, fatigue, early morning vomiting, and you have not bleed in weeks all signs a child is set to enter into our world.

Lara: [fully crying] I—-I do not—–[she pauses] If you knew all this time why not share with me?

Auscha: For the same reason you kept secret hidden from me [now smiling] your own flesh and blood it was not the correct time.

Lara: [sitting down on the bed] I have never been so fearful.

Auscha: [sitting down next to her] I know.

Lara: What am I to do!?

Auscha: [grabbing her hand holding it in hers] Raise your daughter in love.

Lara: [tears poured down her face] Alone?

Auscha: [in a somber tone] If that what it takes.

Lara: What of Dana?

Auscha: She knows no greater love she will come around.

Lara: How can you be so sure?

Auscha: She is to be a mother thee greatest gift the Gods could bestow upon any woman no sane woman could turn from that giver her time.

Lara: Words I needed to hear…..gratitude.

Auscha: Are you staying?

Lara: The easy path will be to depart leaving all this behind remaining here will require work possibly altering the course of my heart and relationship with Dana. If you were in same position would you stay?

Auscha: [smiling] That is a difficult question to answer.

Lara: How so?

Auscha: [jesting] Have you not met my woman?

Lara: [smiling for the first time] Point taken……Daiya will greet death before she sees you depart from her arms.

Auscha: She is a hand full always has been since I’ve known her but she commands my heart.

Lara: [staring at her] You really believe she will come around?