title: Rory's Story: Having an autistic brother
author:  Pam Horton 
description: Rory Munt, started working on this book at the age of six. At the time of publishing, she just turned seven years old. As a six year old, Rory chose all the pictures, dictated much of the content, and even typed some of the contents herself. Being a first born she is a precocious child. We are often amazed at the wisdom that comes out of her. She worked very hard on this book and would absolutely love it if this made her famous. As an author, Rory's grandmother, Pam Horton, has published four previous works, and has a historical fiction still in progress. Her last book, Autism: Expressions of a non-verbal child is the companion book to this one and is the book that sparked Rorys desire to tell her own story. To find out more about Pams books, visit www.expressionsofanonverbalchild.com.
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  Shannon’s heart pounded in her chest and her insides had all but turned to
  mush.
  
  
  
  
  
  For a few seconds there, when their conversation had paused, she could have
  sworn Rory was going to slide his hand behind her neck and pull her forward so
  he could kiss her.
  
  
  Kiss her!
  
  
  What a crazy thing to think! Ridiculous wishful thinking on her part, that’s
  what it was. They might be having fun with his daughter, but that was no
  reason for a man to kiss a woman. She was simply too much of a romantic.
  
  
  But figuring all this out now was actually a good thing. Rory had come right
  out and said that if he married again, he would want kids. His own kids.
  
  
  And didn’t that sound painfully familiar? She wasn’t sure she could handle
  that kind of rejection again. So she was glad they’d had this little talk
  early on. There’d be no more wishful thinking. No more hoping he’d kiss her.
  
  
  But right here and right now, she was a lonely woman, and she had both Rory
  and his daugh