" I was into third guesses with Theo and Maddy. Anyway, that's one of the reasons I opted to buythe van and drive cross-country instead of dumping us all in a plane. It gave us some time. Nothinglike a three-thousand-mile drive in an enclosed vehicle to cement a family unit—if you live throughit." " It was very brave of you." " You want to talk courage?" He drove easily up the lane to the villa. " I've been chief taste-testeron this wine experiment Maddy's conducting. It's brut "