The refrigerator door opened and shut. Soon she was staring at me from the doorway. A purple Popsicle dripped down her arm and stained her mouth. "You can't make Sissy go away," Emma said. "She'll be my friend forever, no matter what." Her face was closed off and hostile. Grumpy and out of sorts from the heat, I frowned at Emma. "Your mother doesn't want you to play with Sissy anymore." Emma sucked her Popsicle, leaching the purple out, something I'd enjoyed doing when I was her age. "Mommy can't make Sissy go away. No one can." I picked up a New Yorker magazine and fanned myself. I was tired of the conversation, if you could call it that. "Do you want to go swimming?" Emma studied the colorless lump of ice on the Popsicle stick. "With you?" "I don't see anyone else. Do you?" "Not now." Emma scowled at me. "But I bet we'll see Sissy later." With that, she stalked off to her room. I followed to see if she needed help with her bathing suit. "I can do it myself," she said and closed the door in my face.
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