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I drove back to Cousins on Monday

Chapter Thirty-six

On Monday afternoon Conrad and I were eating outside on the deck He had grilled chicken and corn for lunch

He hadn’t been kidding when he said all he ever ate was grilled chicken

“Did Jere tell you what he wants you and Steven to wear for the wedding?” I asked hiuys just wore suits for weddings”

“Well, yeah, but you guys are his bestalike Khaki shorts and white-linen button-down shirts He didn’t tell you?”

“This is the first I’ a best et on the ball

Of course you’re his best man You and Steven both are”

“How can there be two bestinto his corn on the cob, he said, “Let Steven be it, I don’t care”

“No! You’re Jere as I was explaining to hinize the nuotten under way, I’d been getting a lot of those

“Is this Isabel?” I didn’t recognize the voice She sounded older, like soe Whoever she was, she had a thick Boston accent

I said, “Um, this is she Ifrom Adam Fisher’s office”

“Oh … hello It’s nice to s for your wedding I’ve selected a catering service called Elegantly Yours; they do events around the area They’re doing this very last-minute for us; this caterer books ht with you?”

Faintly, I said, “Sure”

Conrad looked at me quizzically, and I estured for ive him the phone I waved his hand away

Then Denise Coletti said, “No ?”

“Twenty, if everyone can come”

“Adam told me“So probably four to five appetizers a person Do ant a vegetarian option for the etarian friends”

“All right Are you going to want to go and do a tast-ing? I think you probably should”

“Uh, okay”

“Wonderful I’ll book you for next week, then Now for seating arrange tables or five round tables?”

“U about, forty? I ishing I had Taylor next to et back to you on that?”

Denise let out a little sigh, and I knew I had said the wrong thing “Sure, but be as quick as you can so I can give the base with you again later this week Oh, and congratulations”

“Thank you very much, Denise”