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“Sure you can. I had Carol, in Housekeeping. I bought her gourmet birdseed. She has parakeets.”

Impressed, Grace had to ask, “Does ten dollars buy a lot of fancy birdseed?”

“It does, surprisingly.”

Patsy looked fascinated. “And you knew she had parakeets because...?”

“I went to school with her husband. I ran into him at the pet store. Al has a corn allergy.”

“Who’s Al?”

“His dog,” Grace told her.

“Oh. I didn’t know dogs could have allergies.”

“It gives them skin conditions. Here’s your gift,” Nico said, setting a silver gift bag in front of Grace. “It was under the tree, in the back.”

“Thank you.” She’d meant to go over and find her gift, but the thought of hobbling over there on crutches had stopped her.

“Are you going to open it?”

“Grace always saves hers,” Patsy said.

“I like to open gifts on Christmas morning.” She savored the presents tucked under her little tree. Her father would send a check, but her aunt’s and cousin’s gifts were already there, waiting to be opened. She would add this pretty silver bag to the others. The tag dangling from the silver ribbon had Grace printed on it in a woman’s handwriting. “Did you cheat again and take my name, Pats?”