First Day

September 2017

"Mommy, do we have to go to school? I want to stay with you," Violet said with a tragic pout on her face.

It was their first day of preschool and the day Keeley would finally be going to work at a privately funded research lab called the Department of Medical Advancement, or DOMA for short. Aaron was able to get her in by offering a very large donation on the condition that she would be able to use the facility to continue her cystic fibrosis research.

She really hoped that nobody but the director knew how she got in because she didn't want to be looked at strangely. It would be so awkward to be known as the woman who only worked there because she had a rich husband.

"Mommy has to go to work, Vi. We talked about this, remember? You get to stay here and play with Kaleb and meet new friends for a while. I'll come pick you up at three and then you can tell me all about what you did and we can bake cookies, okay?"