“Are you close to finishing the formula?” Cleo shook her head. “Not as close as I’d like to be.” “You’ll get there,” Jake said, and patted her hand. “I know you will.” “Don’t distract the driver, Hix,” Cleo said, but she was smiling. I smiled too. It is good to see people happy with one another. It is a glimpse of a world in which everyone is that way. A happy world might be boring, I told myself, but watching Jake grin at Cleo grinning at Jake grinning at Cleo and back again, I thought it was worth the risk.
