That night he'd met April at Watersong was right after Corry's kidnapping. He'd been confused and angry and needed a distraction to keep his mind off everything, and April had come along at just the perfect moment. She had said all the right things, kept things low-pressure, teasing and flirting with him, and he'd done the same with her. From the way she had spoken that day, it wouldn't have surprised him had she already left town again.

But the news about her mom does take him aback somewhat.

Because she's being honest with him now even if she hadn't been that first night. There are things in the story Les understands for certain, and he can't find it in himself to be angry over the lie. When she says her mom has died, he feels something closer to sympathy even though April didn't know her. He just knows what it's like to get these papers. Stuff like wills and property and it sorta sucks.

"Wow. Sorry. That's sucks. Did you tell your mom you lived here?" he asks letting his hand cover her arm a little, feeling he should touch her.