Manning Thorsen believes in (othala) wrote in repose,
Re: Log: Iris/Manning(/TJ)
[Through the windows he watched their daughter as she ran up to her tomato plants to begin inspecting them. Or tired to. Mostly she ran her fingers over the steps and leaves and the bare beginnings of fat fruit that would hang from them in a few week. His index finger drew a design onto Iris's shoulder as he looked away from TJ and down at Iris, her head against his chest.
Dubai. Checking after TJ first.] Ah. It reminded you of -- him. [Not TJ's father, he was her father in all the ways that counted. Her sperm donor. DNA contributor. But never her father.] But you don't think it was him?