"She walked to the front door and opened it.Gavril offered his arm and Fayta put her arm through it. The driver opened the back door and Fayta slid on...o the seat. Walking to the other side, Gavril let himself in the vehicle. He had no desire to play the part of the escort until the last moment."I don't bite, Gavril," Fayta said, tapping the empty space between them."I have only your word on that," Gavril said. "I know you told me in so many words not to be concerned with rank or position, but. That was good, Frank decided. All he wanted to do was get Oliver out of sight. Maybe it was unjustified. Maybe he was overreacting in the stupidest way possible, but he wasn't going to feel better until his mom arrived home and figured out what was going on for him. Until then, he simply didn't trust Oliver's parents. But, Frank was so focused on getting Oliver out of sight as they headed straight into the woods and up the hill that he'd completely forgotten that he was also attempting to. It’s one of your many talents.”“Oh? And what are my other talents?”Susan giggled. “You know what they are.” She leaned across to kiss me. Annie turned to face the front of the car, blushing.Tom caught us kissing in his rearview mirror. “Please, you two—get a room.”“We’ve got one, thanks,” I said. “And if you put you foot down and get us home, we can make good use of it.”Annie must have been really mortified now—even the backs of her ears had gone red. “Now look,” said Tom. “You’ve embarrassed. Especially the bananas. I smilingly checked them for firmness and size.The next stop was some booze and they were surprised when I told them I only drank wine. I selected a Riesling and noted the cases of beer they bought. Then we went to dinner. They asked my preference and I thought if this was going to be my last good meal for the next 48 hours it had better have some substance. I said I would like a steak.I was in the back seat of their van and Jasper was right in the back on the floor with.