Patrick:What the fuck now?
Shannon:Just go with it
“I’m not going to be in town for Thanksgiving. I have reservations at a spa in New Mexico, and considering the shit you all put me through on a daily basis, I don’t want to hear any whining about it either,” I said. For years, Thanksgiving had been my show. I didn’t cook, though it was one of our few family traditions, and I worked hard at keeping it going. A twinge of remorse tightened my shoulders. “I’ll order everything from the farm like I usually do, and I can have Tom pick it up, but I won’t be the one reheating it. You’re grown men. Figure it out for yourselves.”
Patrick:The next time you do that, give me more than 3 seconds to prepare
Shannon:Sorry
Patrick:It’s okay but Jugger looks like he’s about to run through a wall headfirst
“So I’m hearing two things,” Matt said. He pointed to me. “One, it’s really shitty that you’re just now mentioning this a week before Thanksgiving. Lauren and I will have Thanksgiving at our place, and fuck you very much for waiting until Sam brought it up. It’s not like you’ve hosted for the past fifteen damn years or anything.”
“See? The newlyweds want to do it. Let them trot out their new crystal and china. Crisis averted.” I shrugged and turned my attention back to finding a direct flight because no, I wasnotinterested in stopping at JFK.
Patrick:What’s in New Mexico?
Shannon:Neutral
Matt pointed to Sam. “Two, I think we’d all like to hear about Tiel.”
Sam was twisting the titanium ring on his thumb and shifting in his seat. Definitely uncomfortable. “I’m seeing someone,” he snapped. “Her name is Tiel.”
Patrick:Listen up. You’ll want in on this story
Shannon:What happened to Gigi?
Patrick:Who’s Gigi?
Shannon:Roof Garden Girl. Riley calls her Gigi, and I thought that was who Sam brought to the event
Patrick:No
Shannon:Shit. I really wanted it to be Gigi
Patrick:She probably realized roof gardens are dumb and closed up shop
Shannon:You have issues. I freaking love roof gardens.
“And she’s acollege professorand aviolinist,” Andy added. “She’sverypretty and wasn’t even wearing hooker heels. And I’ll go out on a limb and say they’ve known each other for a while.”
Riley snapped his fingers and pointed at Sam. “Is this the same chick you drunk dialed last week?”
Shannon:What the fuck?
Shannon:What is happening right now?
Patrick:Fuck if I know but I’m telling you, he was WITH this lady.
Patrick:I was ready to start buying some Cape Annes off Ciccannessi too
Shannon:What’s Ciccannessi doing with Cape Annes?
Patrick:Tearing them down and building condos
Shannon:Motherfuck.
Patrick:Yeah. But Sam was out of there. I’ve never seen him act like that. Even Andy thought it was fucking strange
