Olive looks at her father. Behind his glasses, the skin around his eyes is tender and raw, and for the first time, Olive wonders why her father does not seem as excited about the possibility of Billie’s ongoing existence as she is. Does he know something she doesn’t? She is trying to figure out how to ask him when he starts the car and, with one final flick of his eyes toward the motel, pulls back on the interstate. The moment passes.
