Okay, now that was interesting. “I’ve never heard of scamming dates through home nurse visits.”
“I haven’t gone on any dates like that,” he corrected with a laugh. “But it’s kind of them to try.”
“Why don’t you have a girlfriend? You were always such a girl-magnet.” This was something she’d been wondering about for a while, but apparently it took being about to vomit on her dad’s boat to actually ask about it.
“I have girls,” he said lightly. “Girlfriend implies longevity. It’s hard to do that when I have to move every few months.”
Of course. She kept forgetting that he was not long for this part of the world. “Do you think things will change at some point for Cara? Will she go to college?”
“You mean, how long do I have to be her bodyguard? I don’t have an answer to that.” A seagull h
