Once Kashaw - and would it have been so hard for him to tell her that like he'd told Joanna? - had finished up with Joanna, Caroline hopped up off the sofa and moved quickly to intercept him. As she stood, she snagged a basket off her small stack and took it along with her. "Kashaw, here. It's not much, just a few things to make it easier as you settle in. Toothpaste, toothbrush, some chocolate. A coffee mug."

She held it out with a smile. "I know it's not what you want. But at least it's something?"