Donovan swallowed, as the girls fell asleep. He had been trying hard to be everything they needed, but it appeared that no one could be a subsitute for a kids mother. For the first time, he really and truly considered what it would have been like if Alyss hadn't woken, if she had instead entered a living death, and he shuddered. a world without Alyss just wasn't possible. 

"We should get the photo album" He said"might be helpful"