Cal had no idea what to say. Why had his daughter told Lisa that? Did she not have any tact whatsoever? “She mentioned it after the outdoor cinema,” he said very slowly. “I didn’t know what to think of it, because I don’t think you’re fake.” “You don’t?” She c****d one eyebrow at him, those arms still folded across her midsection. “No,” he said. “I mean, I didn’t.” “You do now?” “No.” He sighed, frustrated. “I just—I guess I thought about it for a few seconds. I didn’t see what she’d seen. That’s all.” He had a vision of this woman walking right out of his life, and he didn’t want that to happen. Surprising as that was, he really didn’t want to be alone again. You’re not alone, he thought. You have Sierra. You’re not aloneYou have Sierra.But in reality, he did sleep alone. Went to b

