What an amazing summer this has been. My darling Sarah has given birth to the most exquisite baby girl. Dev is beyond thrilled and sends me detailed and rather exhaustive reports on her gurgles, her burps, her every hiccup. Gina and Jack stood as her godparents, then just weeks later Natalie and Dom announced that they, too, would be adding to the ever-increasing St. Sebastian clan.
Anastazia and Michael are so very busy with his business and her work. Her research, I’m quite pleased to note, has expanded to such an extent that she travels extensively to other universities and hospitals around the country—most often to University General Hospital in Houston, I must note.
She and Michael talked about starting a family. I took great care not to insert myself into that discussion, of course. But it couldn’t have been more than three weeks later that Maria called, frantic with the news that she’d found a toddler wandering down her street wearing only a soiled diaper. Anastazia rushed over immediately to examine the child. It’s a crack baby, as addicted to drugs as its mother must have been when she abandoned him. The authorities took custody of the child and Anastazia has become his fierce and very protective advocate. I suspect it won’t be long before she becomes his mother.
When I look back at all these astonishing events I realize yet again what a rewarding life I live. I wake every morning eager to see what the day will bring. And every night before I drift to sleep I let my gaze linger on the Canaletto hanging in my bedroom. The painting takes me back to Karlenburgh—the sorrows, the joys, the memories I’ll hold in my heart forever.
From the diary of Charlotte,
Grand Duchess of Karlenburgh
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