There was a crowd of people standing outside in the cool Seattle mist. Children hopping up and down, lovers, married couples holding hands and kissing before they could even get inside their little love boats. Alaric stared blankly ahead, holding the small basket Ari and himself packed earlier. "This is what you were so excited to go to?" He asked in his casual business tone. But as long as she'd known him, she should know inside his head he was mocking the entire ordeal.
People like himself, rich, showed their affection with dinners or throwing a big party inside a limousine.