"Because he remembers what it was like to lose a parent." Danielle had lost two. But then again, she never felt like she'd had any. Her feelings regarding Miles had only hardened with time.

But best to stay off of the subject of Sam as much as possible.

"Besides" she continued, just a little too quickly to be entirely natural, "He's great with kids. Crazy great, actually. Which you wouldn't think, given the lack of time he spends thinking with his upstairs brain."