161|Push A Little Further

Levi spent the rest of his morning with the developers sorting out the patch. He was eyeballs deep in code when Mark came to pick him, and they set off for Riversands.

Seth had decided to stay behind and follow up on Aunty Viv's other properties.

Mark sat behind the wheel for a large part of their six-hour drive, and Levi was grouchy the whole time. He still thought a chopper would have saved them both a lot of time.

"Where's the element of surprise?" Mark asked softly.

Levi pulled his attention away from the laptop long enough to throw him a concerned look.

Ever since he told him about the meeting with his parents, Mark had slipped into some far off place, and no matter how hard Levi tried to reach him, he couldn't.

But he had to try again. Otherwise, it would just eat away at his partner away if they didn't get it off his chest, so he asked him, "Do you want to talk about it? The stuff with Colleen?"

Mark shook his head, and they drove in silence for some time until Levi screamed an