Daniel’s jaw worked.

“Seraphina, I didn’t come here to stir up family matters.

I came because what happened tonight made me realize there are things I should have asked sooner.”

He looked at me.

“Such as why your parents told my family that you were living out of state.”

“I live twenty minutes from them,” I said.

“My mother asked about you last month,” he said.

“Your mother told her you’d moved away and weren’t close to the family anymore.”