Delilah asked whether the red-dress lady would be coming.

“No,” I told her.

“Sabrina has her own plans.”

Delilah nodded.

“I liked her.”

“So did I.”

We chose a modest visit on December 27, after our own Christmas celebration at home.

This time we traveled on a commercial flight, carried ordinary suitcases, and met Terrence at the airport with a rental van.