10 parts Ongoing A story about 14 year old Randall Clarkson/Gardiner, the adopted son of Thomas and Alice Gardiner, and of how they took in another foster child, Ester...only to have her taken away, at aged 4, when Randall's unfinished papers cause her to be matched into another family. Randall struggles with feelings of guilt, as well as the overall grief of losing his beloved sister. When a chance appears which might allow them to keep her, after all, will they succeed? And if they fail, would they be able to recover from the loss, without any bitterness afterwards? Would they still want to adopt children, in spite of the risk of pain?