Ford was of the mindset that no amount of time was likely to fix anything, but he understood Cash's attempt to be optimistic. He didn't know the scope of the problem, and even if he had he probably assumed it was his job as a friend to say something positive.
"She met Ty," he admitted, shuffling into the corner of the booth so that he could huddle up against the back wall. "In my room. After midnight." Ford hadn't asked him to be there and hadn't been doing anything with him, but that wasn't the point; that didn't matter to Jemima. "And she knows why I lied to Mrs. Dempsey about us."
"She met Ty," he admitted, shuffling into the corner of the booth so that he could huddle up against the back wall. "In my room. After midnight." Ford hadn't asked him to be there and hadn't been doing anything with him, but that wasn't the point; that didn't matter to Jemima. "And she knows why I lied to Mrs. Dempsey about us."

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