I've tweaked Lola's character just a little, as you'll see from my post, and so I've had to modify post #16 just slightly.  I said in that one...<br/><br/><em>For the first time since she opened Lola's, she considered accepting the drinks offered her.  Perhaps it was time to break her rules a little.  If Mr King had his way, the rules may not be hers to break for very much longer.</em><br/><br/>I've added the word "all", so it now reads...<br/><br/><em>For the first time since she opened Lola's, she considered accepting all the drinks offered her.  Perhaps it was time to break her rules a little.  If Mr King had his way, the rules may not be hers to break for very much longer.</em><br/><br/><br/>I realised that if Lola never accepted any drinks, ever, the men folk would never buy them.  So, she accepts a few here and there.