Ben looked down at the sketch. His brow furrowed and he chewed his lower lip. Did he want it? She'd said do with it what you will, so if he didn't want it presumably he could just throw it away later, but he couldn't help but consider. The scene of the happy family had such a visceral effect on him, and her sketch really had captured the moment well. It might be painful to keep something like that around, glancing at it and being reminded of the things he would never have. On the other hand, maybe after he'd been separated from Nora long enough, he'd want something to make him remember — even if it hurt.

"Thank you," he said with a nod. Maybe he wouldn't put it anywhere he was likely to see it on a regular basis, at least for a while. Maybe he wouldn't look at it for a year. But he did plan to keep it.

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