Emily was up and was making breakfast in the kitchen. Cal still wasn't up and that wasn't like him. Emily began to get worried until she heard his footsteps coming down the stairs

"Morning dad"
"Morning darling"
"You okay?"
"Yeah i didn't get a good night sleep though"
"Really?"
"Yeah i had to sleep on my stomach because of my back"
"How is it?"
"Well it's still sore and it hurt to sleep on it so i'm guessing it will take a little while to heal"
"Well you did practically rip all of those feathers out"
"Yes i did, sorry you had to see that"
"It's okay, you were upset"
"Yeah i was"
"So how are you feeling about...you know"
"I'm okay"
"Dad it's okay if your not, i'll understand"
"I'm fine, i mean sure i was shocked at first but.. she's made her choice"
"Dad do your really think i forgot about what i saw yesterday"
"What?"
"You and Gillian"

Cal was sitting on the floor in his office leaning against the wall. He kept going over the situation in his head. James? Why did he recognize that name? Why would he just pop up out of the blue like this? He kept thinking about Foster. He couldn't stop

"Dad?"
"Hey Em"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Then why are you sitting on the floor?"
"I just needed sometime to think"
"About what?"
"Nothing, What are you doing here?"
"School got let out early today"
"Don't lie to me"
"I skipped class to come and see that you were okay"
"Thanks Em but you really shouldn't do that you need to get into university don't you?"
"Don't worry i can catch up"
"Okay but don't do it again"
"Fine i'm going to go see Gillian"
"Okay love, i'll go with you i need to speak to her"

"So what do you actually do here?"
"Well the short version is that we read people's faces and determine if they are telling truth or not"

Cal was driving over to Gillian's . He kept going over and over in his head about what he was going to say to her. He kept thinking about what she was going to say him? What did she need to say? And how exactly was he going to tell her the truth?

"Torres?"
"Yes Loker?"
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like?"
"Foster told you to let it go. Do you want to lose your job?"
"No."
"Well it looks that way to me"
"Look i just wanna know what is so special about this feather and why Lightman has been acting the way he has. We have a right to know he's our boss"
"Well he won't be for much longer if you don't stop interfering"
"Look are you going to help me or just stand there and give me lecture?"
"I'll help but if we get caught i'm blaming it all on you"
"Fine. Let's get to work"

[i]Cal pulled up outside Gillian's house and he sat in the car for a long time. He kept thinking about what would happen if he told her the truth. If they had a fight, everything would be complicated and nothing would go back to normal and he didn't want that. Sure he felt things for Gillian but...