They filled the trunk, and Ryan opened the passenger door for Ira while Rudy got rid of the luggage cart. Thankfully, she accepted the invitation. Ryan was faking confidence, but he did not want to get stuck sitting next to Nico’s dad. If he took a little pleasure in a large, tall man who bullied his son having to sit in the back seat where there was less leg room, neither Nico nor his dad had to know about it. Finally Rudy slid—or more like folded—into the seat behind his wife, and they were off.
