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All I could do was cross h to outrun that kind of devastation

Not the Usual Suspects

If I had been forced to guess what kind of people would book a trip into the Wyoed businessmen who alanted to live the fantasy that they were John Wayne or Clint Eastwood I would have picked disenchanted hipsters, those ere bored by everything in et in touch with Mother Nature I would have pegged women like me and Emrys financially secure and maybe a little lost and definitely overworked, ere looking for so to shake up the status quo I, however, would not have picked the obviously affluent and well-to-do family that hailed from the Upper East Side as currently seated across fro table The mom fiddled with the diamond tennis bracelet on her wrist while the plastic s discreetly at his cellphone while the teenaged son refused to look away froaly, wondered what kind of cell plan they had because my phone was a brick with zero bars in this dead zone while they see with the outside world It was like fate was trying to forcethat I’d gotten wrong The teenaged girl in their group was a few years older than the boy, and from the minute Cy entered the rooaze off of hinore I wanted to nudge her mother and clear my throat at the inappropriateness of such a blatantly sexual appraisal when Cy was so ed the two otherthis place as their first choice escape from reality Two men who barely spoke to one another, atched the rest of us at the table with suspicious eyes, and who offered up very little information about theht was they were a very unhappy couple using this trip and its remote destination as a way to rekindle their roe and the stiff way they interacted with one another, as well as with the rest of us, made it seem like they could barely stand to be in the sa a couple in love seemed slim Since they didn’t appear to be friends either, I couldn’t really figure out any other reason for two ether into the woods It was odd I think they could tell I thought it was strange because the younger of the twome a harsh look from underneath furrowed eyebrows I simply stared back at him until Eh Once she was seated at the table, all attention shifted to her Even the gamer boy lost interest in his device so he could ood best friend

The vibe around the table was tense and uncertain I forgot all about grabbing a snack before dinner as I evaluated and assessed, and in turn, weighed and judged It felt like it was so for an adventure of a lifetime Cy’s introductions were brief and to the point He offered up everyone’s na Grady and Webb, and the fa Marcus, as the disinterested father, Meghan, as the distressed mother, and Evan and Ethan, the kids who both seemed like they wanted to be anywhere else He also mentioned where ere all from before he took a seat at the head of the table and seemed happy to shut us all out so he could be alone with his obviously pensive thoughts No one offered up any iven so it made the moments that passed incredibly aard I shot Enored Lane was the only one at the table who seemed able to keep up a steady stream of conversation, but that was a lot to ask of one person when the other nine were clearly caught up in their own noise and issues Eventually, he heaved a deep sigh, rolled his eyes at his older brother, and excused himself to help the elusive Brynn, the wo, in the kitchen I hadn’ther and s toout of the kitchen

"So, what do you do for a living, Ms Santos?" That came from the Manhattan dad as either a workaholic or totally had a girlfriend on the side His phone pinged every five reat pains to make sure neither his wife nor his children could see the screen every ti out on his family ht I realized I’d spent our entire relationship being the clueless other woh to get your heart broken by one it mental and critical of the way others treated the people they were supposed to love I decided on the spot I didn’t like the dad, and there was no way in hell I would ever trust hi and easy way and I had to stifle a giggle as it le one of the men at the table shift in their seats The two non-talkers were definitely not a couple if they were affected E about her was that she was very aware of her power and the exponential impact she had on people It was nice that she had decided early on to use her influence for good instead of evil

"I work in Huhed lightly "I push paper around all day, pretty much There’s a form for every other form It’s endless"