Dan looked non committal at Lady Olivia's snark.
Sasha watched on with amusement. She knew, right now, Dan was boiling with anger, but his face remained cold and indifferent. The non-response scalded Lady Olivia far more than she let on, Sasha knew. This kind of patience is one of the reasons her mother hated Dan so much.
That patience to not be provoked easily in a young man rattled nerves of these old foxes in a subtle way.
It's like a piece of cheese stuck in your throat, it's too sticky to spit out, it's too big to swallow.
" Oh, Grandmother ! Please don't be rude to our guests." Garfield added from the side, looking every bit as gormless as a sea slug, from the side.
However, his rebuke came too late, and it contained a hated key word - ' guest' .
Sasha's party did not come here as guests.
They came as allies and saviours in a desperate time.
