"Brothers with French Champagne? Works for me. However…” He pulled into a back road kissed her until desire was the only thing on their minds, returned to Route 9. “What slots into Jack's life?" he asked.
"Currently, Giselle, a French dancer; playing soccer with Giselle's brother's Amateur Club; whatever fast car he is driving; a colorful ex-wife named Violet who appears and reappears at intervals; his job as International rep for O'Brien's; and a mysterious Government connection which is hinted at every now and then when it interferes with company business."
"Soccer". The way Griff inflected the word could have been interpreted in many ways.
The conversation moved to Griff's concern that the earlier in the season injury loss of wide receiver Jeff James, whom Stanford's quarterback had been working with for three years, meant the loss of a synchronous relationship and how that continued to impact the offence -- and then segued seamlessly to dinner in Santa Cruz.