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The question takes her by surprise, eyebrows springing up and eyes widening. She quickly corrects this, trying to return her expression to a neutral one so as to not offend her mamĂĄ. âOh! No, no.â Her answer is almost as much an impulse as her reaction to the question was. She doesnât want to waste her motherâs time.Â
She has to remind herself that mamĂĄ is trying. Shrugging off her help like that isnât going to help the progress sheâs made and is trying to make. âHow about we go for a walk?â
âA walk would be very nice.â She was serious; a walk sounded very good right about now. âMaybe we could talk some more?â Alma felt likeshe had a lot of talking to do - a lot of time to make up, too.
âWe can take a look at the progress the town has been making.â Would that be too much? Hopefully Pepa wouldnât assume she was only focusing on the way their gifts could be useful for the townspeople again.










