TIM?!?" She both shouted and begged."Princess?" Tim, I fucked up," she pointed at the throng ... maybe more than a throng ... more than a gathering bu... less than a crowd."Popped in without checking?" Junior needed me ... you know how mothers are..." she trailed off."Mothers ... I understand." 'Mothers' was an expletive... 'I understand.' was in a resigned voice."Look," said Andrea, "Do everybody except the old guys ... they deserve an adventure." We're standing here ... listening ... don't. For a while there were no texts coming in so he figured it must be a good sign that things are going well between Carmen and the new guy, Nico. He was attractive twenty something year old with a short cropped beard, short hair and a smile to die for. Even Rich found him cute from the pictures he’d seen.“Don’t think I’ll stay long,” Carmen texted him an hour later. As she feared Nico seems awkward about the whole affair. She had told him about the mutual fantasy she and Rich shared and Nico had. Not that I was worried, but still… Then, he did something I’d seen him do more than once, usually with his latest booty call. He turned his hand into a gun, a pair of impossibly long, dark fingers making up the barrel, his thumb cocked back. Just held it there, pointing it at me, a cocky smile on his face, like it was all a joke, a dare. I swallowed, setting my cup on one bare thigh, the chill against my warm flesh making me shiver, keeping my face neutral wondering if he was just fucking with. My mother would have killed me.The time flew by as they chatted about everything from politics to religion. They stopped once to use a restroom and picked up some perishables to take to the cabin. After that it took about a half hour before they reached a small one-lane road that led further into the mountains. By that time, the snow was coming down heavily."Are we almost there?" Sam asked struggling to see through the blowing snow."Yes, it's just a couple more miles."Soon they saw a log cabin.