"Relax, Gene," Tony says. He tries to sound calm himself; he's not sure if it's working. "We'll figure it out. I don't have to show him our room. If he asks... we'll just say we're rooming together to save money." Howard doesn't need to know that the suite these 'roommates' are sharing has only one bed.

"And I won't bring him to the Hotel yet. I'll show him around the construction site and the metal sector, places like that. Get him a room in the Hotel at the end of the day."

Where they go from there is a thornier issue, but first things first.