"What makes you say that?" he asked her seriously.
"Real Santa is fatter."
"I've been on a diet," said Graham. "Mrs. Claus is worried about my heart."
Rosalie considered this. It seemed to satisfy her as an explanation, if not entirely as a defense.
"What would you like for Christmas, Rosalie?"
"A Starlight Sweetheart," Rosalie said immediately. "With the yellow hair. And the star that lights up."
Something went very still under the red velvet suit. Gina saw it from across the basement. She saw his gloved hands tighten on the arms of the wooden chair.
"That's a very popular doll," Graham said carefully.