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“I guess not” She blows me a kiss from her lips “Take care of yourself and don’t drink too ht I’ll see you this weekend We’re still on for dinner at Lucca’s, right?”

“How do you know I’ll be drinking tonight?”

“I see Leo walking up the side stairs carrying a bottle of booze”

“That could be just for him”

“Sure, Wyatt It’s not your favorite or anything and about two hundred dollars ood boy” She ducks out the door with that

“As if I’rumble About five minutes later, there’s a double tap on the back door

“Come in It’s unlocked,” I yell

Leo waltzes in, his nose red and goosepi” He holds up a bottle “Want some?”

“I’ll take it all”

“That bad, huh?”

“She’s sending ible candidates” I told Leo all about my dilemma earlier in the day before Lucy caain

Leo toes off his shoes and coes the pizza box open and swipes a leftover slice before breaking open the bottle

“I think you need to just colass a third of the way full and hands it over

I gesture for hiht, not half a glass “How et married’?”

“I dunno, but whatever you’re doing isn’t working”

“You knohat? Just hand lass is for kids”

“I’lass,” he protests

“Precisely You live in my attic, drink five hundred dollar Scotch out of plastic cups, and eat leftover pizza You are a child”

“Well, so are you Your toys are just bigger and oing to restaurants with theyou their phone numbers”