urself in the mirror lately? And, unfortunately, my daughter thinks of me as some nymphomaniac dowager gobbling up young men like a Hoover snaps up dust bunnies.&#8221; </p>
<p class="excerpttext">She pressed her lips together and looked away from him. For the first time, he sensed real pain in her. &#8220;It&#8217;s a harmless ruse,&#8221; she said in a quiet voice.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">He wanted to protest. He wanted to get the hell out of there, for as sure as he stood there he knew she lied to him