“The purple phone lights up red when Daddy talks in the front seat.”

I knelt on the rug beside her and took the toy into my palm.

A tiny light-emitting diode near the bottom edge flickered red for two seconds and then went out.

“Does it make a noise when you press it?” I asked.

“No,” Sophie said, twisting her gray rabbit’s ears between her fingers.

“It just listens when Daddy talks to Natalie.”

I flipped the toy over in my hand.