“When’s her birthday?” Joshua asked. “September twenty-seventh. Why?” Joshua shook his head as if he’d just made a discovery. “What?” “Didn’t you tell me you started feeling the nudge to adopt about five years ago, when Benny came into your classroom?” “Actually, it will be . . .” I stared up at him, my eyes rounding as the calculation unfolded. “Six years. This September.” “The same age as Aria,” we said at the same time.
