Jason didn’t look pissed when he walked into the room. Annoyed, sure, but not disappointed or disgusted the way I’d hoped. I’m still not sure what happened to my grand plan, but from the way the little girls were whispering to each other while looking in my direction, I got the sneaking suspicion that they had something to do with it failing, especially Catalina.

As soon as the women saw Jason, they grinned and made their excuses to leave, leaving us alone as ...