Chapter 10
After another week spent getting closer to Pippa, I felt almost jealous when Adam got home and, all of a sudden, I became invisible. Sure, both father and daughter invited me to tag along, but I could sense a desperate pull between them to spend what little time they had together to bond. Having lost my own father to my mother's machinations, I did my best to stay out of their way.
I was relieved when Linda Hastings called on Saturday morning to ask if I'd be willing to drive her into town.
"Sure," I said. "Just let me tell Adam, and then I'll be right over."
I followed the sound of banging to find Adam hammering a board into a brand-new post he'd dug to repair the fence. Pippa sat straddled on an adjacent strip of fence, dictating to her father the next place she thought he
