The days passed quickly and Shaun settled into an uneasy pattern. Even though she spent a good portion of her time alone keeping up to date with professional journals and medical advances, she often found herself restless. It helped to have her mother near-by. She spent a good portion of her days in Fatima's apartment, Fitzy twirling around her feet as she took the stairs to her mother's apartment. The cat seemed to look forward to their daily trips downstairs as much as Shaun did. Fatima always had a snack waiting for both of them.
Fatima had settled into her new life much more easily than her daughter, spending Jozef's money as though she'd been born for online shopping.
"Which one do you think I should buy?" she asked, turning the computer screen toward Shaun. "I rather like the Mon
