Tanya laughed. "Mr. Wade, can Ms. Singer hear you when you're talking so softly? The walls are especially soundproofed in hotels…"

And yet, she barely finished when a door opened and Penny stepped out, asking shyly, "I've never drunk before, Mr. Wade…"

Charlie exclaimed in surprise, "Never? Even after you become an adult?"

Penny nodded sheepishly. "Father always said it affects mind, judgment, and cult—"

She cut herself off, as she wanted to say cultivation, but remembered Tanya was there to