She turned back to the computer and started to pull up wedding gowns on the Internet, but then she stopped again and turned back to me.
"How did you do it? How did you get Liam to fall in love with you so fast?" She blushed and lowered her eyes. "I'll confide in you the way I would confide in a sister. I'm trying to get Clifford to fall head over heels in love with me. I know I love him."
"Did you tell him that?"
"Oh, no."
"I don't know that there is any secret way to get someone to fall in love with you," I said. "I know it doesn't sound very scientific, but there has to be something mysterious and at the same time obvious to both. I think it takes a great deal of trust to tell someone you love him. It's the most revealing thing of all. You've exposed yourself, and I imagine being rejected after that is devastating."
She stared at me and then tilted her head a little when she smiled. "Why do I feel that you're way older than I am?"
