As hot as it probably was, the thought of Tish with her daughter disturbed him. It was a combination of jealousy, paternal instinct, and territory. "...Why, what does she say?”“Nothing really. Just that you two shacked up once," Alan quipped, staring at his daughter as she scored a goal.She looked to go into a state of near shock, her face turned as white as a ghost. “She told you about that? Oh my god. It was nothing Alan I swear. I’m so embarrassed. I had been drinking all afternoon one. Well, it's Fred and Dave and Sheriff Tate. They somehow know something is wrong. Fred is threatening to rent a plane and come back here. Dave and everyone who went with him to the zoo this morning are on their way back, and Sheriff Tate will be here in minutes. The General keeps oscillating between being pissed and tickled. But we need you at the retreat..." Jeff..." Diana began.But before she could complain about his leaving, "I'm not leaving here until Arlene is out of that chamber, and. We’d have plenty of time for wild.“Speaking of wild,” she said. “I talked to Melanie and Mary. Next weekend, Melanie’s parents are going to the lake. Melanie told them she didn’t want to go. She’ll pick up you and Mary around 10:00am on Sunday morning.”“What about the ground rules meeting?”“We’ll all come by for lunch on Saturday.”“OK,” I said. “I leave this in your hands. Just remember I have to pass my mom’s review when I get home, so no obvious bite marks!”She laughed.“One more thing about. I was nervous and didn’t like the idea of giving my personal details to a stranger so I replied in 1-2 words only, not giving much information. Finally the bus arrived and before getting on, he quickly whispered, ‘Sit with me.’ Getting on the bus I was too nervous and immediately tried to distance myself from him.Now this was a double decker bus so I thought I would have more place to run, and I quickly went to the top deck. It wasn’t too packed there so I went and sat with another random.