Education? Lilith considered NEWTs. The jobs she'd thought about.
Her freedom... Oh, how she'd love to go outside...
The next startled her, and she turned to face her brother, certain for a moment that her brother was only being cruel. But this was Al. She wasn't sure he had a cruel bone in his body.
And your husband. Lilith looked down at her hand where her wedding ring still gleamed. She hadn't been able to take it off. It wasn't right, after all, to be unmarried and having a baby. Better to be a widow...
"Thank you. You're..." She gestured vaguely. "I don't know if anyone's said that. Something so ordinary." Lily turned back to the window. "I still missed him yesterday," she said uncertainly. "I'm not sure about today."