Why was a question so hard to answer? Why could she not just say she was doing fine? She had Ella, she had Justin, so why was there this gigantic hole in her heart? And why couldn't she lie about it?
She did try to keep it together, tried to put on a brave face, but with Polly so alive in her lap and Pansy's voice so concerned she found to her horror that she started to cry instead.
Damn this!
Forcing herself not to break apart in front of the children, she gave Pansy a desperate look.