“Ranger… about what they said…” “It doesn’t bother me,” I told her as we turned onto Main Street. “I should’ve told them that a nerd is always preferable to a lying cheat.” “Did you know the term nerd was coined by Dr. Seuss in his book If I Ran the Zoo?” I changed the subject. Again, that drew her smile, and I felt heat rush through me. With Sydney, my facts never seemed wasted or out of place.
