"How was school, girls?" Jane's mother asked at dinner.

"Fine," Caroline said.

"Fine," Jane said, but today the lie was too much for her. "Except that, it was Valentine's Day," she added.

Her father looked over at her sympathetically. Jane had never seen her father give her mother a valentine. But it was clear that they loved each other. They showed it in other ways – like looking proud when the other one was dressed up or holding hands when they took a walk.

"Did you both get some valentines from any boy...or girl?" her mother asked, hopefully.

Caroline nodded but didn't volunteer any more information. Jane knew that a...