Daddy say one piece or three?”
Maisie held up two fingers.
“Two.”
“Very impressive negotiation.”
Then I looked up.
Drew was no longer smiling.
His eyes moved from Maisie to me.
Then back again.
“You have a daughter?”
“I do.”
Vanessa looked just as surprised.
“We had no idea.”
I kissed Maisie’s hair.
“There wasn’t really any reason you would.”
Drew continued staring.
Then he asked the question I knew was coming.
“How old is she?”
There it was.
The calculation.
“Four.”
His shoulders loosened almost imperceptibly.
Whatever possibility had
