"Thanks," he said with a grin. Dad had really picked it out, but he was rather fond of it. "Italy was great. 'Cept I had to spend a day baby-sitting Nicola. She tried to leave the hotel in a bikini top and skirt, and Mum had kittens. Made me follow her around for the rest of the day." He pulled a face at that. Like he could really stop his little sister when she got an idea in her head.
"Oh yeah? Sounds like you had a nice time. I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe New York as stuffy, though," he said with a laugh. He most certainly was not thinking about what she might have been wearing in the pool. Parties and benefits weren't really his thing, although Mum liked to drag him to a few every summer and during the holidays. Somehow Megan managed to make them sound more appealing in a few words than Mum had done on all her years of wheedling. "Maybe I'll go to the next one."