Weiss & K-Mart
"The good thing, though, is that at least I've got people here," she said. "I mean, when it starts being too much to handle on my own, I don't have to keep trying to handle it on my own anyway."
Which didn't mean that she wouldn't sometimes, because she was stubborn and didn't always adjust well, and losing Stuart had been hard. But she had friends who cared, and friends who knew what it was like to lose people, and sometimes that was more important than anything else.
"How've you been?" she asked after a second where she had to remind herself that manners were still a thing. "How've the holidays been for you so far?"