smile, dammit

I like how well these characters can see through the feigned indifference when they know each other well enough. Like how the baker sees through the narrator's indifference because they've become close through the years, and how the mother and daughter both do this pretending not to care thing, too. I love the sisterly care given between sisters, too. This is really such a nice story, and the way you wrote it kept me hooked, which I always enjoy immensely!