“He didn’t mention that.”

“He didn’t mention my birthday either.”

She looked away.

Frank got up to give us privacy, but I asked him to stay.

I needed another adult in the room who had seen the empty shelves before I started sounding like the only person who remembered them.

I told Brenda about dinner with Daniel.

I left out nothing important, although she winced when I explained that he had come upstairs with me.

“You invited a stranger into your room?”