r?&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;No.&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;Then that&#8217;s close enough.&#8221; She sat forward, clearing her throat. &#8220;There&#8217;s one more thing. I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re going to like it.&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Why was he not surprised? &#8220;What&#8217;s that?&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;I have, in the tiniest way, led my daughter to believe that we are sleeping together.&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Not for the