The last time I had seen her before this weekend was Thanksgiving weekend when I was fifteen . In the past few years , I had only really spoken to Duke and Jenny a handful of times - in the holiday season , typically . And my Duke had also been up to Michigan a few times and had brought his son , Ryan , with him , but our contact really was n't at all regular .

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Why might the person not see the others for long periods of time ?