Games as a distraction
We decided a round of board games might take her mind off the box. “How about some Monopoly?” I suggested, pulling out the game.
For a short while, the box was forgotten amid the hustle of fake money and plastic houses. Olivia seemed to let it go, at least for now, her attention captured by defeating us in the game.
Winning a round, she laughed, the box slipping from her immediate thoughts.