It was a cold, wet night, and while Pete was reluctant to go inside, where presumably it would be warm, he knew he couldn’t hide away in the car for…“How long will it take?”
“We’re a bit late, so probably less than an hour.”
Pete nodded. If he could face down a team of rugby players intent on doing him serious bodily harm, despite the ref, then dealing with a group of women plus this Bear character couldn’t be all that bad, could it? Besides, he could just hide out at the back where hopefully no one would notice him. “Okay, let’s do this.”
Tina leaned over the centre console and kissed Pete on the cheek. “Good man!”
“Eww!” Grace said, clearly unimpressed.
Pete laughed. It was just what he needed to break the tension.
As Tina unstrapped her daughter, Grace exclaimed, “Gonna show Uncle
