‘I was very sad to hear Sal passed away.’ ‘Sad puts it pretty well.’ ‘I’m sorry. Perhaps I shouldn’t have …’ ‘It’s okay. It’s a while now since she left us. Shame you didn’t meet Sal. Different from Josie. Josie just says what she thinks. Doesn’t care if she says the wrong thing. That gets irritating sometimes but I love her for it. Sal wasn’t like that. Sal would have to think everything through before she came out with something, you know? She was more sensitive. Maybe didn’t handle being sick so well as Josie’s doing.’ ‘I wonder … why Sal passed away?’ The Mother’s eyes changed and
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