Daniel does not come on the hike with us, and I cannot figure out why. It is not like he would share anything with me, but possibly Jordan, so that is our plan. We send Jordan to figure out what's up then we fix it—if we can. I am positive that whatever has Daniel in a mood is beyond anything casual, as showing any emotion at all is not his thing.

Maybe him and his girlfriend—the one I imaginarily assigned him—have broken up. Not that I care. . .

"He's upstairs in the master bedroom," Taylor tells Jordan as we stand at the bottom of the staircase, "just go ask...