She let her in and lay under the covers on one side of the bed. Carla took the invitation to sprawl on the other side before she spoke. That led to the joint nickname and, much later, to the rule that talk under that label was absolutely private. Carla nodded curtly. Great Aunt Amber has a charm bracelet.
Every charm has a story.
She told me most of them back last summer when she visited. She likes you better, but you like her better than I do, too. The charm's weren't expensive, but each held a story. The bracelet held her whole life. I told Brian the story, back then.