"So I'm not allowed to let you wander off at all, is that it? Because, believe me, Ali, every bloke out there is some sort of strange."
He paused to look around the bar, it was semi-crowded. The usual nights crowd submerged in their seats and blended in with the noise.
"And thank you," he added, "I wouldn't want to gallivant off with questionable men either. Where do you want to sit?" Fred gestured vastly from the tables and booths to the bar.