Cash accepted the offered bottle, took a large gulp of his drink, topped off his drink, and set the bottle down in between them. This was the same thing he'd asked Angie, a few days before marrying Adrienne. This also confirmed an obvious suspicion: that Ford had not slept with Miss Farley.

"The first time is the hardest for them," he said quietly, "But — I don't think it'll be fucked up forever." Even if Ford was asking these nervous questions, that at least meant he was thinking about sleeping with Miss Farley, which was more than Cash suspected of some men marrying women.