It was a ridiculous little decoration my husband had bought at a flea market the summer before he died.

He’d handed it to me with a grin.

“For the garden, El. Every yard needs a little nonsense.”

Two days after it vanished, I spotted it beside Monica’s front steps.

She had painted it blue.

I could still recognize the chipped nose.

I said nothing.

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