“I’M SURPRISED YOU ACCEPTED Marianne’s invitation, Nate,” I said later that evening.
Lifting his focus from his newspaper, he glanced across from his armchair in the corner of the living room. “I wanted to find out where they live.”
Good idea. I gave a slow nod.
“And I’d rather Josh and Dan, if that’s who they’re really intent on getting there, had us as escort. Better that than them spending more time alone with them. The last thing we need is Danny turning up with a bracelet to match Josh’s.”
“You’re right. She wasn’t happy, though, when you insisted I be included.”
“No.”
“She didn’t hide it very well, either. It got to her, I think.”
“Probably. But she hid it well enough for Josh to miss it.”
“She could fart in the bath and laugh it off as the weather, and Josh would miss her bu
