“What activities have you got planned?” Caitlyn asked and there was a note of longing in her voice that broke Chloe’s heart.

“Well,” Chloe said, sitting delicately on the chair by the bed so as not to wrinkle her dress, “since Belle loved reading so much, I thought we’d have story time.”

Caitlyn smiled. “I love story time,” she said wistfully.

“I know,” Chloe said. “That’s why I brought you this.”

Chloe produced a dog-eared hardcover book ...