Jo had arrived early. She waited outside for Fred and whomever else Fred was bringing. The two women had agreed to watch each other's backs and Fred had mentioned inviting a guy. Jo wondered at that, since it hadn't been too long ago that Fred's boyfriend had disappeared. Not to mention the fact that she didn't exactly want to be a third wheel.
She didn't trust Eric as far as she could throw him, but she also knew that they had to make nice, at least for now. She thought that accepting the invitation that had been sent to her might be a start. Besides, it would give her a chance to observe her reluctant business partner on his home turf.
She did make a face at the castle. She'd sort of thought that the reference to Castle Dracula on the invitation was a joke, but it turned out that it was very much not a joke.
"Could you get any more obvious?" she muttered to herself. The interior decor of Fangtasia had been one thing, but this... this was as over-the-top as they came.