Chapter 28

“She’s a doctor from Brazil.” Marco said. “She’s a great dancer.”

“Marco, show me your boy toy,” said a good-looking younger woman as she walked toward them. “Hi, I’m Jill. Marco and I are best buds.” She motioned to Dean to turn around so she could check out his back side.

“In a purely platonic way,” Marco hastened to add.

“Yeah, he drives me home when I’ve had too many gin and tonics, and I drive him home when he’s had too many.”

“What happens when you’ve both had too many?” Dean asked.

They looked at each other. “Taxi!” they both shouted in unison.

“Actually, that doesn’t happen too often.”

“Not since you got fined for driving while intoxicated that time after you dropped me off,” said Jill

“Shh. We don’t talk about that,” said Marco, steering Dean onto the dance floor. “I apologize for her. She can be a bit much.”

“I thought she was fun. Are all your friends as boisterous as she is?”