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"Books. Toys. Puzzles. Trips to interesting places. Last year—" she stumbles over the words, abruptly less cheerful "—last year we took her to a museum and she really liked it."
Katie doesn't ask another question, but she looks at Chris steadily, in case there is more about to be said.
Katie considers this.
"Then," she says, "I won't know things. And she sounds important."
"Then," she says, "I won't know things. And she sounds important."
"Can I," asks Katie after a while, "ask you why you don't like talking about her?"
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"If you don't know, I really can't explain," she says, shaking her head and looking away.