Nina had recognized me, I think.I'd changed cars, after all, but not the plate.She struggled to her feet and beat the dust off herself.She spat into her palm and smoothed down her tangled hair with it.Then she came limping toward me.In the car, Dolly was in the middle of telling me, with great animation, all the funny things that had happened at school.Seeing me drift off, she tilted her head and asked, "Mommy, why do you keep staring at the mirror like that?"I came back to myself and reached over to ruffle her hair."Nothing. Mommy just saw someone she knew a long time ago..."I stopped, suddenly unsure what to call her.Family?Not anymore.In the end, I found the right word."...someone. Mommy saw someone she used to know a long time ago."What Nina meant to me now.Just someone. Nothing more.Dolly tilted her head at me, not understanding, but she smiled sweetly and suddenly said, "Mommy, you're so pretty!"Warmth spread through me, and I glanced at the mirror.Seven years h
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