"Well?" I said. "Who was Posy?"
She was Dr. Foreman's daughter," Gia said.
7
Posy's Story
. -"What do you mean, her daughter?"" I asked. Dr. Foreman is married? Where is her husband?" "I don't know if she's married or not," Gia said. "You don't know?"
"We don't know. Is there something wrong with
your hearing?" she shouted at me.
"Well, how do you know she has a daughter?""
I came right back at her,
"We know." Gia paused and looked at Mindy
before turning back to us. "Whether she was married
or not isn't the point. Posy wasn't her actual daughter.
She was adopted and you don't necessarily have to be
married to adopt someone."
"Adopted?"
"Adopted?" Mindy turned to mimic me. "Yes,
adopted. You ever hear of it?"
"Mindy was adopted. too." Gia revealed. "Oh. Well. I still don't understand it all. What
was Dr. Foreman's daughter doing here?"
"What's good for the goose is good for the
gander," Mindy sang.
"What?" Teal asked, stepping forward, "What
are you saying?"
"It's what Posy used to say after Gia found out
she was Dr. Foreman's daughter. Right. Gia? It means
whatever was good to do to anyone else here was
good to do to her. Right. Gia?"
I looked at Gia, who wasn't answering. "So she was here as a... a student or whatever
we are?" I asked.
"Yes, one of us lost souls,- Gia. said. "Posy