Her expression falters and she finds it difficult to speak for a second. Funny. Her voice suddenly is hard to find though she has no need for air. Strange, isn't it?

"Um. No. He isn't with me." She looks away, trying to keep up her peppy demeanour but shrugging is hard somehow. Like she doesn't really like to admit that he's-- "Gone. The moment he passed, he passed. This was a few years ago too so if he's around, I would run into by now."