“Where is everyone else?”
“Ah,” Cam said. “We have our resident table of experts devising a plan. Colleen and Jamal are held up at the border.”
“I’m so sorry. Do they know what’s wrong?”
“Yes, but it is not a problem for scientists. You done with your food?”
“Oh. Yes.” Rebecca let Cam take her plate that was mostly crumbs and syrup. She picked up her coffee and tried to figure out what had just happened. This family talked a lot, and talked quickly, so surely that sudden change of topic was normal. She was about to ask Cam more about his job when Tyler stopped kicking his feet against the stool he was on and turned to her again, tiny eyes fixated.
“Your Josie’s girlfriend, right?”
Rebecca shifted on the seat. It was still so strange to hear it put that way, but she nodded.
“How long
