"Actually, Arthur is still in Europe. The board meeting is taking longer than planned," Mary explained.
Brivian smiled. "Superb. My husband is not the sort of man be troubled with such trivial events."
"Trivial?" Mary asked. "But I then why were you bringing friends?"
"Ugh, must I explain everything to you? If I bring friends to the event, it does not prevent me from doing anything. If I bring a husband however..."
Mary got her implication, remembering back to how Charles and Brivian had exited the restaurant. "Oh. Well then, where should I tell the driver to go next? I presume we will be taking the others with us?"
"Of course. It would hardly be proper to make them bring their own transportation. One of theirs might upstage mine," Brivian said. "First off, we need to go to..."
