[ They never really spoke about it, as children. She had been introduced to them as part of their family, now, and it had always felt to Clive like asking about it would have been forbidden. It was easy to tell she missed it, though, and he and Joshua had done their best to ease that homesickness with what little as children themselves they could provide. In time, she truly was one of the family, and there had been no need to ask.
no subject
[ They never really spoke about it, as children. She had been introduced to them as part of their family, now, and it had always felt to Clive like asking about it would have been forbidden. It was easy to tell she missed it, though, and he and Joshua had done their best to ease that homesickness with what little as children themselves they could provide. In time, she truly was one of the family, and there had been no need to ask.
But he'd always wondered. ]