Are you Effy's friend?
I think so. Are you her mum?
[nods] Can I sit? [sits down] JJ, right? The magician?
Oh, I used to do magic. Not anymore though.
I used to be married, not anymore though.
[JJ draws a deck of cards from his pocket]
Pick a card, any card.
I thought you gave up.
Some things are quite hard to let go of.
Effy likes magic.
Are you sure?
Well yeah, not the, you know, stupid abracadabra sort... I... I'm so sorry.
It's okay. I've come to terms with the facts.
You know, she was four years old the first time she beat me at hide and seek. Four. I was looking for her for hours. When I finally found her she just smiled. You know, that Effy smile that means "you don't know me at all, you never will". See that's a kind of magic. She's so good at concealing things, hiding, avoiding.
Yeah.
I do know her. And I know that she has got so much love in her heart. But the thought of letting it out, showing her cards, scares her to death. I never knew it would be possible to miss someone this much.
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