It wasn't Gabriel he was back at the Nurturing Center today being cared for by the night crew. He had been given an unusual and special reprieve from the committee and granted an additional year of nurturing before his naming and placement.
Father had gone before the committee with a plea on behalf of Gabriel who had not yet gained the weight appropriate to his days of life nor begun to sleep soundly enough at night to be placed with his family unit.
Normally such a newchild would be labeled uncertain and given the additional year. He would continue to be nurtured at the Center and would spend his nights with my family unit.
Each family member had been required to sign a pledge that they would not become attached to this little temporary guest, and that they would relinquish him without protest or appeal when he was assigned to his family unit at next year's Ceremony
Father had not been scheduled to release a single newchild this year, so Gabriel would have represented a real failure and sadness just like Noah.
I was glade Gabriel hadn't been released
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The giver
AdventureAfter Noah left things haven't been the same and I have came up with a plan, Since the Giver is dead I just need to access them somehow and the best way is to find my brother! So he can transfer the memories (Book 1: The Receiver Completed) (Book 2...
