Two months later:
“Pi! Where are you? Chummy! You better come out here right now!” Raia growled.
“I hear giggles,” Ben called out.
“Thank goodness!” Hanine murmured, lifting a hand to her chest.
Raia followed the sound to the refurbished galley. “Nayua, where are you?” she called in a sing-song voice, knowing the little girl would answer her.
“Rai-Rai, find me,” Nayua sang back.
Raia smiled and walked over to the tall storage cabinet. She slowly pulled it open. Inside on the bottom shelf was a pile of blankets, toys, snacks, Nayua with Chummy in her arms, and Pi. She knelt down and grinned.
“Found you,” she said.
“Go bye-bye,” Nayua said, squeezing poor Chummy in her chubby arms.
“No, you no go bye-bye,” Hanine retorted, reaching around Raia for her daughter.
Raia stood and stepp
