Charity could feel the tears behind her eyes as Molly took her hand, and she imagined that she could almost feel the power that united them--not of Winter, but of Love, and family. She took a deep breath, and tried to keep a lid on the emotions, for her own sake as well as Molly's.
"I'm not sure we can stop worrying," she said, "But it helps...having you talk to us like this. Even if you can't tell us everything. Just...I don't ever want to push you away, again, like my parents did to me."