Status Updates From The Christie Affair: A Novel

- they were destined to be together these two. There is a Chinese legend called Yum Lao, when we are born, the gods tie invisible thread around our little finger, that connects us to our one true love.

"It its a girl," Bess said, "I'll name her Genevieve. If it's a boy, Ronan.
That means 'little seal! Do you have seals where you come from, Nan?"
"No.
I came from London. My mother's daughter Not my father's.
"Whenever trouble comes to land, Ronan will swim away. Whenever touble comes to water, Ronan will return to shore"
"Why Genevieve?" I asked.
"The patron saint of young girls. So she can look out for herself'".