“Look,” she said, “you’re more sober than I am, aren’t you?”

I regarded her owlishly and said, “Fifty-fifty.”

She giggled again. “Look, you drive the car. What we do, we drive to my sister’s house and then my brother-in-law picks up the car and drives us back.”

“Is your brother-in-law going to like me?”

She made a raspberry with her lips.

“What’s his name?”

“Dover Fulton.”

“Meaning he won’t like me?”

“Probably not. He likes him. You will, won’t you?”

“What?”