Summary

In this section Inara remembers that there was a week when Desmond stayed out of the Garden. Simone had realized she was pregnant. Knowing what would happen, she asked Inara to read the story “The Little Match Girl” to her. Inara had finished that story but was reading others when Lorraine walked in with the pregnancy test. Inara continued to read aloud to give Simone some sort of privacy while she peed. When she finished, Simone threw the stick at Lorraine, not wanting to know the result. That evening, the Gardener came with a dress in shades of brown and cream. They said their goodbyes. Simone told Inara her name was Rachel Young.

Instead of going to her room like she was supposed to, Inara went outside to the Garden. She saw a shooting star and thought of the book she...