"Why not?" He didn't bother to wait for an answer, the question purely rhetorical, guiding her towards the door again. "It's easier than walking and we can stop at your apartment on the way back."

Assuming she had her own apartment and didn't still live with her father, anyway. Though, if she did, he had to admit to a strange curiosity -- he half wanted to meet her father to see if he was anything like Virginia Gray.