![]() ![]() ![]() Of her three sisters, the one she was closest to, both in age and affections, was Claire. I wanted to stay longer, but I couldn’t.” “It was too good a job for me to turn down, Syb. “Us models need our beauty sleep,” Claire said, trying to look haughty, but failing miserably. “We’d just moved in, and Nicky was still smarting, and you could only stay until lunchtime because you had to work the next day.” “I don’t recall that as an especially fabulous time.” “We were together at Christmas,” Claire pointed out. “This is going to be the best birthday I’ve ever had,” Sybil declared. They dropped us off here, and went back to their apartment. “We were on the same flight as Evvie and Sam. “She’s downstairs cleaving unto Nicky and Megs,” Claire replied. “Thea came, too?” she asked, not believing her good fortune. “‘My baby sister is sixteen.’ She used to be unbearable before she turned eighteen, and now, she’s even worse.” “Thea kept weeping, all during the plane ride,” Claire said. “I don’t believe you turned out as well as you did,” Claire said. ![]() “Let me get a look at you,” Claire demanded, and she checked Sybil out carefully. She had hoped Claire and Thea would come for her birthday, but Sebastian family finances were such that nothing could be counted on, not even the plane fare from New York to Boston. Sybil Sebastian pulled her sister Claire to her and enveloped her in a hug. I wouldn’t miss your sixteenth birthday for anything.” ![]()
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