The lightness of the answer made Max instantly suspicious. “How old?”
There was a noticeable hesitation before Caroline answered, “Twenty, nineteen and eighteen.”
The effect on Max was electric. “Good Lord! They didn’t accompany you here, did they?”
Bewildered, Caroline replied, “No. I left them at the hotel.”
“Thank God for that,” said Max. Encountering Caroline’s enquiring gaze, he smiled. “If anyone had seen them entering here, it would have been around town in a flash that I was setting up a harem.”