I was looking at him but also saw the girls behind him looking at each other, unspoken words being shared, and knowing looks and glances thrown between.

”You’re clubbing with us tomorrow?” He asked me, his voice suddenly sterner, and the playful joker was wiped off completely. This guy was a rollercoaster of personalities.

Was that the only question people were able to ask me?

Nothing about how I've been adjusting, the weather, the horses, nothing except for ...