The girls returned and set the two boxes from the crib on the carpet next to Kim. A faint odor of mothballs wafted from the armloads of material the girls dug from the open box. They were back to their usual excited banter as they withdrew an item, held it up for display, passed it back and forth, and commented how cute or adorable it was. Kim stared dumbly at the floor, waiting. Heather spread a flannel sheet depicting pink teddy bears holding pastel-hued balloons over the wide white surface of the chest freezer and Mandy began to arrange their nursery supplies on the nearby card table.

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