(ALICE)
"What are you saying?" Katherine leans over the counter, watching me sip my coffee. "You're going to invite him over for dinner?"
"He's already invited, Katherine." I glance at the wall clock before putting the marinated leg of lamb into the oven and setting the timer for an hour. "But it doesn't mean anything. He's coming to see Mira."
My friend is munching on some healthy crackers that she swore she got for me. "So, Darian is Mira's father. Makes sense. She looks a little bit like him."
I glance at her discreetly. "You're not mad I lied to you?"
"Honey, it was what's called a universal lie. You told everybody the same story. You couldn't exactly tell me a different one, now, could you? It would've blown your cover." She nibbles another cracker, pondering. "But I still can't get over this whole thing. You hid his kid from him for seven years! He must be pissed."
