Twin Blessings and Toward Home: Twin Blessings / Toward Home. Carolyne Aarsen

few moments before, Sandra might have agreed with him, but her reactions to him left her feeling edgy.

      “Actually they aren’t,” she contradicted. “Out there are colliding neutron stars, gamma ray bursts, black holes. All kinds of noise and confusion.”

      “What’s a gamma ray?” Bethany asked.

      “A powerful form of light. More energetic than a microwave or X-ray. Like the difference between humming and screaming.” She stopped herself, knowing she was spouting off. Knowing that if she kept talking she would end up talking above the girls’ heads.