I can’t tonight. I’ve got this thing with my mom.
Jolene:
What kind of thing?
Adam:
Just a thing.
Jolene:
An embarrassing thing?
Jolene:
Are you still there?
Adam:
It’s a puzzle.
Jolene:
?
Adam:
We’re putting together a puzzle.
Jolene:
??
Adam:
She likes puzzles.
Jolene:
You’re such a nerd. It’s sweet
though. Mom and I are going to go get her stomach pumped tonight anyway, so we both have plans.
Adam:
I really don’t like it when you joke about stuff like that.
I typed outYou think I’m kidding?but I deleted it before sending. Mom and I had done that before, but not in a long time. She’d actually been drinking less since she and Tom broke up. I didn’t know if he’d realized that his grand plans to become a kept man were never gonna happen, or if she decided to learn her own lesson and find someone more capable of getting her what she wanted. Whatever that was.
Jolene:
Sorry. Bad joke.
Adam:
What are you going to do?
Jolene:
