So, what was the plan?" Push his image buttons," Jeff said."He thinks it will damage his image if we get married, so give him a scenario where it's mu...h worse not to participate."I don't have the money lined up and I don't think we'll need it. If he needs to invite a small army, he's the only one who can afford it. And if he doesn't pay for it, he has no control." That was cruel not to invite him to the wedding." You do remember it was make believe?" he asked."Yeah," I said, convincing neither. I hope to be able to come back some day and see you. I’m planning a trip in two years to see my class in Göteborg graduate, so I’ll see you if that trip works out.”“Wonderful! There is always a place here for you,” Lars said.“Thanks,” I said. “I really appreciate it.”He said good night and got up to head to bed. Annika asked me to step into the kitchen with her for a moment.“Steve,” she said quietly, “it’s OK if you sleep in Karin’s room. We know about what happened during your last visit and. Do you want one? she asked, taking out two sticks and handing me one. Sure, I said, thanking her. We started chewing the gum awkwardly as we tried to think of something to talk about. So, do you want to go for a walk? she asked cheerfully. Uh, sure, theres a park not too far away if you want to go there, I said. Sure, maybe you could, eh, text your friends to come too, she said getting up. I took my phone out and texted a few of my friends to come and meet me in the park. As I was putting it. " I love you, too," I whispered. With that, I snuck out the back door and into the garage. I got in the one working car that didn't have a child seat in it: my Corvette.The top was down (of course) and I pulled out of the driveway to enjoy a nice early summer day. It was right before the evening rush hour and traffic wasn't too bad. The GPS led me to a set of coordinates Melinda had programmed in.As soon as "Gabby" (the Garmin) told me to get off the interstate, I knew where the girls were.