“We can leave if you’d rather have some space.”

I sat, the letter tucked safely into the inside pocket of my coat.

“I want to know about the girls,” I said.

“What they did together when the adults weren’t hovering.”

A surprised smile flickered across Clara’s face.

“Mostly they made fun of us.”

“Of course they did.”

“Chloe said Hannah could identify the mood of a whole hospital floor by how quickly the nurses walked.”