Caroline's teeth clenched, she knew that fact very well. Knew that he had always been protective of her - almost too protective. But Caroline wasn't one to sit by and let a family member get hurt because she wasn't willing to help. "Of course it isn't." She tried to reign in her temper, to pull it back, reeling it in. She had always been so calm, always said the right thing. Her emotions had been inconsistent in the past weeks with her realization, but this - this wild thing fighting at her was new. She wanted to embrace it as much as she was scared of it. "But I couldn't just let her go out there." Her voice broke on the last words, the decision between herself and her sister in law had seemed so simple then. But now, when she knew the full loss she would suffer.... Caroline didn't know which pain would have been worse, and if she even admitted that it was the child she would never hold in her arms, then the guilt set in tenfold.

Finally he looked at her not more than a glance though. Caroline didn't fight him, it wasn't worth it. Not when he was so angry with her, she could tell in the clench of his jaw, his avoidance. Instead she sank back down onto the couch.

She had known it was foolishness to leave the ballroom, but Nimiane had never weathered a hurricane and Caroline had. Boston was hit with one almost every summer. Besides, when Nimiane had left it had only been a bit windy, the storm had only begun to hit when Caroline had left to bring Nimiane back. But then the storm had hit faster and with more force than Caroline had ever seen before.