Tattie had encouraged him to make the trip; she seemed to think he might cheer his sister up. He wasn’t totally convinced, but he was willing to give it a shot. In fact before Tattie had said anything he had already decided – after Eliza hadn’t returned any of his calls or messages – to see her. His sister’s unprecedented silence told him all he needed to know: she was in a bad way. For all Eliza’s smartness, she wasn’t that worldly, not when it came to relationships at any rate. No way would he have said anything before but from what she’d told him about this Greg character, Jensen had had his doubts. It had been all those last-minute cancellations that had done it. If there was one thing he hated, it was dishonesty. Those who lied and cheated were pretty low down the food chain in his book. Which was why he’d told Madison that there could be no secrets from Tattie when they’d been walking home from school yesterday. It was partly this principle of his that made the sparks fly when he was around his father.
