She'd had one teenage boyfriend. A brief rebellion - rock star type in the Clubs. Charlotte had, of course, been furious and it had been over quickly. As for Elani...mostly she'd ignored it, and it had eaten away at her for some time.

Then one day, she realized that Victor and Elani hadn't ever had what she had with him.

"If...when I have children," Zoe corrects herself, "One middle name each. And Melissande isn't getting repeated, ever."