Morse didn't have a name for that quality until her first-born turned 6. No one else in Jessica's family had it. But if she decides to have kids one day, she has a 50-50 chance of passing it on. Just six months ago, she learned how to write her name in loopy, overlapping capital letters. She's easily distracted.
Doctors monitor heart problems.
With the problems come inexplicable gifts. Jessica is friendly and kind and innocent. A picture of her granddaddy Bill hangs in the hallway leading to her bedroom in her Snell Isle home, and she kisses it every time she walks past. He died when she was 3. Jessica's long-term memory is astonishing.