"Good." She gets up, maintaining a light grip on Sam's hand. "The bed's in here."

She's said that in tones far, but today's knocked her for a loop and sex is for once the last thing on her mind. She has a 'date' with Dangle tomorrow, and he's her absolute last-ditch option when it comes to dads.

Clementine's bedroom is rather lushly decorated; the hippie gift shop motif extends to batiked quilts in various shades of pink.

"You've never told me about your family. Where did you come from?" Nice, unsexy thoughts as she takes off her heels and earrings.