[ He'd been prepared to turn her down, but- well. She's homesick. She's a teenage girl and she's homesick, and John remembers not having anyone but Sam when he was her age.

So he gives in. ]

When we were kids, we were staying with a relative while our parents were at the dig site. I'd done well in a track and field event, was waiting to hear something from our dad. Sam managed to get into his e-mail and send me something saying he was proud of me. I didn't figure out she'd actually done it instead of him until a few years later.