"Okay," Hopper says, then grins. "Okay. Great. We, uh... yeah, we can do that, then."
She's not a place holder, not a replacement, and he'd punch anyone who tried to suggest that. It just seems to happen that Hopper finds himself falling in with these girls who are all around the same age, around the age Sara would have been now, and he can't help but extend that part of himself. When Sara had died, he'd thought that part had died, too, but it had turned it to only be in hibernation.
It's not such a bad thing now. Having it wake up again.
"All we really have to do is sign the papers and file them with the city. There are social workers who take care of the rest," he says. "One will be assigned to us, I guess, we'll be one of their cases, and they'll come and check up on you every few months for a little while."
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She's not a place holder, not a replacement, and he'd punch anyone who tried to suggest that. It just seems to happen that Hopper finds himself falling in with these girls who are all around the same age, around the age Sara would have been now, and he can't help but extend that part of himself. When Sara had died, he'd thought that part had died, too, but it had turned it to only be in hibernation.
It's not such a bad thing now. Having it wake up again.
"All we really have to do is sign the papers and file them with the city. There are social workers who take care of the rest," he says. "One will be assigned to us, I guess, we'll be one of their cases, and they'll come and check up on you every few months for a little while."