Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day.
"Can't," he said, with a conspicuous effort to keep his cheer. "It's dangerous, and all." Then, without elaborating on spinal cord injuries and the danger of infection to internal organs below the point of injury, he said, "Besides, I don't want to embarrass you at your party." He smirked. "Believe me, if there were any halfway decent girls under fifty in this room, I already would be." Not true. He'd probably be trying to set Simon up.