Caroline nods. "I'm looking for a gift to, for someone who's hard to shop for these days." She doesn't care to say more than that about the Stefan situation. She'd already spilled that sob story to enough people at this point.

She can't imagine not celebrating Christmas, even with her mom gone. But she still has a lot of people in her life she cares about. If she were to lose them too though ...

"What sort of thing are you looking for?"