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“I never thought of that.”

“You’ve never had a kid with a broken leg. I looked for something silk, with lace, but all you had were jogging pants and T-shirts.”

“I like silk and lace,” Grace sputtered. “But it’s winter. Silk and lace are stored with my summer things.”

Patsy sighed. “Of course they are.”

“How many calories do you think there are in one of these?” She held up a star-shaped sugar cookie frosted with pink-and-yellow icing.

“Zero. It’s Christmas. Calories don’t count. Were you surprised when you got Julie Barrett’s phone call?”

“I was thrilled.” Grace smiled. “It was absolutely perfect.”

“This is a nice turn of events.” Patsy took a bite of a star-shaped cookie. “Noelle deserves something good.”

“It’s going to be fun to put this together. This morning I showed her everything I had planned and she was thrilled with it all. She said she felt like she’d won the lottery. I left a message for Julie to tell her how kind that was.” Grace wriggled in her seat, trying to ease a cramp in her calf.