Calculated Sincerity

"Where are you staying right now?" Callum turned to Gordon, his voice level, nothing in it to read.

Gordon answered quickly. "I bought a small place near the base. It's not much, but at least the family has somewhere to land."

He looked at Helen with something hopeful in his expression, as though he were thinking about asking her to come stay with him.

Helen looked at Gordon, then at Callum, and l