"What's a divorce?"
"When two people who got married don't want to be together anymore they get a divorce so they aren't married anymore." Prudence nodded her understanding and Samantha continued. Remy figures if he can make Vienna fall in love with him, he can get the money he needs. He meets with an old army buddy to create a foolproof scheme to make Vienna love him.
"So Remy is going to lie to her?" Prudence asked. "That's wicked of him. He's going to go to Hell for certain."
Samantha was about to respond, but then she noticed the door open a crack and a pale face peeking into the room. "Who's there?" she said. The face disappeared from the door. Samantha leapt off the bed and threw open the door to see a little girl running down the aisle. The girl disappeared between two beds. When Samantha caught up, she saw little Rebecca curled into a ball between her bed and Samantha's. "Rebecca, how long were you listening at the door?"
"Not long," she said. "Are you going to hurt me?"
Samantha knelt down to push Rebecca's hands away from her face. "Of course I'm not. You shouldn't be up so late."
"Neither should you."
"Prudence and I were talking." She helped Rebecca up and then tucked the girl into bed. "Go back to sleep."
"Can I hear more about Remy and Vienna tomorrow? I promise I won't say anything."
Samantha considered this. She looked over to Prudence, who had turned the same color as her nightgown. "I'm sorry," Samantha said. "It's a grownup story." At this, Rebecca began to cry. The girls around her stirred and any moment Samantha knew the entire dormitory would be alerted.
"All right, all right. You can listen tomorrow night, but don't tell anyone else. It's a secret."
"I want to hear it too." The other toddlers were now all awake and staring at Samantha expectantly.
She threw up her hands and said, "Fine, but maybe I should start at the beginning." She took the book from Prudence's trembling hand and started over again with Remy flying into New York City. By the time she finished, she noticed everyone-even Helena-listening with rapt attention. "Just don't tell anyone else," she said to them all and sighed.