Dave had endured a rough weekend, but Sissy had come to him, and he wasn’t going to turn her away. “Are you hungry?” he asked, closing the door behind her.
“Yeah,” she said. “I didn’t bring lunch today.”
“Why not?”
“Just forgot,” she said, removing her heels and leaving them by his front door.
Dave wasn’t sure he believed her, but he didn’t want to push her on it. He’d been wrestling with her image of him for days, and he was simply too tired. He was not perfect, and he couldn’t deal with the weight of it.
notHe took her hand and played with her fingers. “How was your visit with your mom?”
“Great,” she said, and when he looked into her eyes, he could tell she meant it. “We talked about a lot, and it was just exactly what I needed.”
“I’m glad,” he said.
She put both hands on his che
