Kathy beams.
“Okay, fine. We will have adult coloring books.”
“So do I have a job?” Kathy claps her hands. “Ooh, I can be your social media manager.”
“That’s my job,” Carolina reminds her.
“I can be your model.” She mimes sipping a cup of coffee.
“Kathy, focus. I already have one Olive, and I don’t need another. I am going to solve this. I already have a plan. You’re going to get a new boyfriend.”
“I am?” Kathy perks up.
“Yes. He’s rich and a self-absorbed asshole, so he’s just your type.”
“Does he have a car?”
“What? Yes, of course he has a car. He’s got, like—Carolina, help me out. ”
“Twenty. Twenty cars, Kathy,” my friend interjects.
“Will he take me on nice vacations?”
“Sure, if you put out.” I shrug.
“You can’t just lie there like a starfish,” Carolina warns. “Seattle is the town ofFifty Shades of Grey. Billionaires here have unrealistic expectations about sex with a woman.”
Kathy’s already staring out the window dreamily, probably thinking about being jetted off to Monaco or a private island.
“I’m going to give her the sex-therapist gift card I bought you for your birthday,” Carolina says in a low voice.
“I already burned it.”
“I have a copy in my email because I knew you would.”
“Kathy, pay attention.” My little sister is playing peekaboo with a little girl in line.
“I’m tired and bored. I want to work with you, Winnie.”
“She could help bag pastries,” Carolina suggests. “Hey, do you know how to read?” she asks Kathy.
“Uh, yeah?”
Carolina mouthsWhat?at me.
“Better than Olive.” I give in. If this location is going down the toilet, what does it matter?
“Yay!” Kathy claps her hands and bounces in the chair. “Sisters! In business together! Can I have an apron? This is going to be so much fun, Winnie.” She bounces over to Olive, and they jump around screaming like best friends.
“She’s emotionally immature.” I stare at her.
“Men like that.”
“Men like that in twenty-year-olds.”
“So we’ll go for older men.”
“We’re going to saddle Fitz with Kathy,” I say firmly. “He deserves it. I hope my mom rearranges his kitchen and throws out all his stuff.”
