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Go ahead and be jealous I’ll wait

Simon, on the other hand, would not

"Okay, so you rele ot it, babe Are you at all curious about hearing what they’re up to, or are you just going to spend so of Ina and her kitchen?"

"And et into my daydream, you have to set the scene correctly I’m there with Ina, in her kitchen in the Ha wonderful for you and her husband, Jeffrey So with roasted chicken, which she’ll teach me how to carve perfectly And roasted carrots, which she’ll pronounce with that subtle New York accent of hers, where it sounds like she’s saying kerrits"

"I worry about you so over to feel my forehead

"I’m perfectly fine Don’t worry about me, I’ll continue my fantasy later So what’s up in Philly?"

"Oh, we’re back to my story now?" he asked, and I leaned in and kissed hiy

"Sorry, babe, tell me all about Trevor and that wonderful wife of his," I said I was playing with hione back to Sih school reunion last year, and he elco hero He hadn’t been back since he graduated high school, not long after both of his parents were killed in a car accident No one had seen him since, and while he was initially nervous about how he’d be received, he was very quickly convinced that everyone was just thrilled he was back In high school he’d been the ho that you’d assu man on campus He’d had his own posse of what I called the apostles (his old pals Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), headed by his old bestie, Trevor We’d spent a lot of the reunion evening with hinant with their first

"How are they enjoying their new life with baby?"

"Enough that she’s pregnant again," Siloss

"What the hell is in the water these days? I’ to vodka Always"

"I’ll vote yes to that--vodka o on an all-vodka diet, and I’ that you never letyou in there, so forget it Siloss as he pouted "So, Megan’s pregnant again-- Tell theratulations fro They’ve invited us out for the christening of baby number one, and to help celebrate baby nuet so? Yes, yes, we should definitely do that" I tried once"Great, sorab soories"

"Right!" he exclaih the bedrooloss and allowed an and Trevor Two kids, in as an had been on the fast track at the Food Network, working in as in many ways a dream job But her dream was a family, and she made that happen And now she was on the baby fast track Instead of styling artisanal cheese boards andspittle and stepping on baby rattles

I had a sudden flash i on a baby rattle that Clive had stolen for his own toy and then left in his path, and I chuckled Babies babies everywhere, and not a vodka to drink I finishedthe cap shut with a click, and took a deep breath I chased away rattle thoughts and indulged in a cheesesteak fantasyout, "Idiots are here!"