Phoebe begged her to come to the shoot too, but she had work at the coffee shop and they were becoming quite the entourage. Her father emerged first. The last time she’d seen him dressed in a suit was her mother’s funeral, and as he walked down the stairs she marvelled at how handsome he looked. For the first time in years, she wondered why he hadn’t met anyone. He spent his time alone in the motel, and whereas before she took comfort in the fact that he loved her Mother too much to date again, she now hoped he could find time to meet someone. In a navy suit and pale blue shirt, he smiled at her, scooping up his keys.
‘We’ll take the rental car today. You kids can sit in the back seat.’
He kissed her on the cheek and headed out to start up the car. It was Robert’s grand entrance time, an
