Cate: OHHHHHH
Alex: Wait… the donkey stole your panties?
Cate: Eww. Nobody says panties anymore.
Alex: I do.
Cate: You’re strange like that. Panties is up there with moist. They’re both just… eww
Alex: Don’t say the M word. I just ate.
Blair: Can we get back to the story now?
Cate: OK, back to the donkey. They have a DONKEY?!?
Alex: Please tell me his name is Eeyore?
I snort and shake my head.
Blair: He’s called Grumps. I think he should be renamed Lucifer.
Cate: He can’t be THAT bad…
Blair: He stole my underwear off the washing line then ran off with it.
Alex: Did you at least get them back?
Blair: Yes, but they’re a little worse for wear now
Cate: I bet. They’ll have donkey slobber on them too.
Blair: They do, and I’ve washed them and my pajamas too because they also got covered in bamboo, water, AND mud.
Alex: Now I really DO need to hear this story.
I give them the summary version, starting with me thinking Sutton was Case and then my shock when Case walked in and we found ourselves in a four-way standoff with a jackass.
Cate: Are they truly identical?
Blair: They’re almost mirror images of one another, but there are slight differences. I could tell when I looked at them together.
Alex: Do they wear the same clothes? Because that could get confusing otherwise.
Blair: Not today. Case was wearing brown and Sutton was wearing blue. Sutton’s hair also parts differently, and his face seems… softer, I guess. They’ve got dimples on the opposite side of their mouths too.
The chat falls quiet for a while. So much so, I have to check that my last message went through.
Alex: I knew it! I knew you’d meet your future mountain man husband on this trip.
I gasp and shake my head even though no one else can see me.
Blair: I didn’t say anything.
Cate: To be fair, you didn’t have to. You describing Sutton as the ‘softer twin’ says it all.
Blair: But he IS. I can’t explain it. He’s also thoughtful and considerate from what I’ve seen so far. He seemed shocked when he first saw me, which makes sense now that I know he’s not Case and didn’t know me from Adam. He even offered to replace my underwear.
Alex: WAIT. A complete stranger is going to buy you new panties?
