Still Sane

[Odessa Pettigrew]

Her temper tantrum was on the verge of exploding into full-on meltdown. Surely Hannah did not sign up for this. There were nannies for this behavior. Odessa didn't even want to socialize with Hannah and yet here here new-mother was here. Odessa didn't even know what to call her because mother was most certainly not it. "No!" she exclaimed, stamping her foot. It hurt and that caused hot tears to well up in her eyes.

Odessa crossed her arms, pouting and looking rather silly. "I want Mama and Alexander and for nothing to have changed." It was true that Alexander was... different... but Odessa, still four, had no idea he had been replaced. She just knew he was not the same. The tears slowly rolled down her face. Odessa hated change. And she hated the possibility of having to share her hippogriff. Odessa hated sharing more than she hated change and she hated that Hannah hadn't fixed her doll. "I want my dollie!"