The car was driving under the hot July sun. Tammy kept talking, and it took about ten minutes to finish the story.
"That's it. My mother will be very sad every time she mentions this, so please don't ask her about it."
Ryan rested his elbow on the car window frame, one hand on his chin, and asked thoughtfully, "You said your brother disappeared shortly after you were born? Did he disappear in this place? Didn't you grow up abroad?"
Tammy blinked and said, justified, "I did grow up abroad."
Ryan smiled and said, "What about your dad? Didn't he look for your brother?"
"I don't know, I don't see my daddy very often." Tammy shrugged with a look of innocence on her face.
"You don't see your daddy much?"
"Yes, he is very busy. I've seen him very few times, and
