QUOTE : Kristy said, “I have some business to discuss.” She adjusted her visor. “Well, it’s not exactly business, but you should know what’s going on with Emily Michelle right now.” (We try to keep each other informed about problems with kids the club sits for.)<br /><br />“With Emily?” Mary Anne repeated. “Is something wrong? Is it serious?” (Mary Anne gets worked up very easily.)<br /><br />“I — I don’t know. I mean no, well … yes.” Kristy drew in a breath. “Okay. This is it. You know how Doctor Dellenkamp says Emily is language-delayed?”<br /><br />The rest of us nodded. We knew, and it made sense. Emily had grown up in Vietnam, where the people around her spoke a different language and part of her life had been spent in an orphanage where she probably didn’t get a lot of attention. So it was no wonder that at two, she didn’t speak much English.