But it was a thought, wasn’t it? ‘If she rings again, talk to her. If she doesn’t, well, she doesn’t. You’ll get over it, Simon. You will.�... She tousled her son’s hair, then tried unsuccessfully to make it lie flat again. ‘Oops.’ He interposed his hand and arm, ducking out of the way. ‘Mum!’ But he was grinning, and Jackie decided to retire and accept the small victory. ‘All right, I’ll leave you alone. But think about what I said, Simon.’ Think about it he did. ‘I’ve not been terribly grown up,. And after that, he will expect to be wined and dined all night long." Mom isn't going to like that," Perry warned his father, trying not to give away her plan."Tell her that I'm going to have to spend the night in the city," he said, "but tell her that I will make it up to her tomorrow night. Tell her I'll take her to Galleria's for dinner." Okay, but I bet she's going to be mad." Nothing I can do about it," his father went on, "so just tell her for me. Okay?" Will do." I'll see you tomorrow. " You'll have all the red-blooded drunks after you, you know that," hesaid, teasing me but being serious at the same time."Ah, I have a plan for that," I said with a wink, and he raised aneyebrow as an unasked question.I put my beer on the coffee table and he tutted before I moved it onto acoaster, stood up and headed into my bedrooms. We had separate roomsalthough they shared a wall, and we'd both heard each other in thethroes of passion because even though the flat was expensive the. Cold. Nice and cold.“I don’t know Neil, there may be too many witnesses.” Adam held an uncertainty. Scanning the room he saw boozers, businessmen, and gym rats who were probably shootin’ steroids up their butts. “So we wait for them to leave. Or rather, for her to leave. Man we’ve been vettin’ her fer a week. Why are you hesitating?” Neil leaned forward in his booth, anxious for a response. Adam contemplated; tapping his beer on the table a few times. “ ... Alright, let’s do this.” Neil.