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The girls went back home for Christmas break. The Taylors were to be going away to Whistler, British Columbia, for a quick ski holiday over the festive period. Aurelle begged Diana to come along, but she declined, surprising even herself. She felt that she should see her parents, knowing how difficult the holidays could be, especially given that she hadn’t been part of their lives in any capacity since she left in September. She and Aurelle rode home together in her car and, when they arrived, went immediately to the Taylors’. Diana looked over her shoulder at her own house as they opened the front door, and Marianne cheered at their arrival. ‘You’re here!’
She held Aurelle in a long hug and smiled at Diana over her shoulder before embracing her as well.
‘My girls,’ she said, and Di
