up myself. I’m not handy.”
 
 “Neither am I. I can do anything with a camera, but outside
 
 of that… I’d have to learn fast or hire someone. Or watch the
 
 house fall down and rot around me. I love urban decay. That
 
 was my first exhibition. Photos from LA.”
 
 Adalynn sounded sad, and Cassia wasn’t sure what to say.
 
 She thought being in an old house that was falling down
 
 around her would be scary and unsafe. It would probably be
 
 creepy and seemed sad, but she wouldn’t say anything. So
 
 what if it wasn’t her dream?
 
 “I don’t really know what that is.”
 
 “Oh. Just rundown buildings and stuff.”
 
 She was sure it was more than that. She barely stopped
 
 herself from saying that. Now that she knew Adalynn’s full
 
 name, she planned to check out her work. Why had she not
 
 thought to look her up before she got here? She’d spent hours
 
 fussing with her hair and makeup, trying to pick a stupid
 
 outfit, when she should have used the time more wisely.
 
 “Do you ever photograph people?”
 
 “All the time.”
 
 Cassia bit down on her bottom lip again. Adalynn’s gaze
 
 was so direct that she nearly shifted in her seat. She made
 
 herself sit still and not move, but it was only through sheer
 
 force of will. She wasn’t uncomfortable. It wasn’t that.
 
 “Have you ever been kissed by a woman?”
 
 Cassia gaped at Adalynn. She’d never really been kissed by
 
 anyone at all. She didn’t want Adalynn to know how sheltered
 
 she’d been. She didn’t want to talk about how her dad was
 
 wild about keeping her safe, about how she hadn’t grown up in
 
 a normal kind of family. About how she was always looking