person in her life.
— Then show it through your actions.
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She looked at me.
— I don’t know if I should be a mother to her.
— She doesn’t have to call you Mom. She just needs to feel that there is an adult beside her who accepts her.
Claire looked at Margot again.
— Will you tell me about Phoebe?
Her question surprised me.
— I don’t want to compete with her — Claire said. — But she was her mother. If I want to be part of Margot’s life, I need to know what she was like.
And I began to tell her.
About Phoebe’s personality.
About her habits.
About the way she noticed people.
About how much she laughed.
— She probably would have asked me a million questions — Claire said.
— Without a doubt.
— And if she liked what I was doing for Emmett and Margot?
— Then she would have become your defender.
