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Rodin returned to the kitchen, to Missy’s domain. This was where she would prepare food and clean and mend clothes, and he recalled her explaining that this was work Massy could not do. He had his tasks, and she had hers. Their relationship was a partnership, and they complemented each other. Maybe such an arrangement appeared quaint, but it worked. Massy was the one with the physical power, but Missy supplied his strength. She said—on more than one occasion?—that this room was the engine of the whole house, the most important room. It kept the house, and themselves, safe. It held secrets that ensured their continuing existence.
The word ‘secrets’ sounded out of place, but Rodin was certain it was the one she had used. She had told him that secrets held power, that without s
