patience my brother (and patience my friend)

Prologue: Requiem for the Stars: Where the story began.
Training Wings: Jon and Melanie's first birthday.
Blood and Stars: In the aftermath of a loss.
The Meaning of Home: The Plan is put into motion.
Hope's Illusion: Gillian and Susan go in for a routine surgery.
Oath and Burden: Gillian and Antony make a promise.
Broken and Mended: Transcript of the final hearing in re: the Minor Child Jonathan Andrew Sims, dated 21 April 1993.
What Destiny May Come: Jon and Melanie's first day of school.
Finding Forever: Gillian and Antony keep a promise.
The Professional Twilight: Jon and Melanie's seventh birthday.
Bulletproof Cardboard: Jon and Melanie set out for Kirrin Island.
The Devil's Doorstep: Jon and Melanie receive a book.
The Gathering Ground: Jon and Melanie's ninth birthday.
Borrowed Time: Gillian gets some unpleasant news.
Hope's Eulogy: The final consequences of a routine surgery.
Fail with Honor: Jon gets an invitation.
Feeble Engines of Despotism: Jon and Melanie decide they don't want to spend their summers in Bournemouth anymore.

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