Before I could object, Sarah answered. "Of course, honey. Mom, you want to...?" Sarah motioned into the family room with her head.Maggie's face brightened. "I'd love to.""Heidi, can my mom come, too? Is that okay, Ms. Walker?"Heidi turned to Maggie and nodded shyly, and the three of them headed off into the next room. An obvious look of bemusement covered my face, and Ted's ginger bearded face broke into a grin."She doesn't usually call you 'Ms. Walker', does she?""No, not since the first few weeks. I don't know why she's doing it now." I turned my head after them, still feeling a little hurt.Ted looked toward the living room as well. "They're too similar, you know.""Hm?""Sarah and her mother. They're both nurturers, in their hearts.""Shouldn't that make them closer?""Maybe, but people are more complicated than that." He turned back to me, and I could see the keen observer in him. "Maggie's mother was an intelligent, driven, highly successful career woman when such things we
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