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“Most of the animated bits were done by Aden, based on Chris’s storyboards,” I pointed out, handing her the phone

“This wonderful!” Dixie exclaimed as the video ran “They kind of remind me of the old days”

“I think that’s the point Chris is really into old advertiseraph of an illustration of the logo for Bayer’s heroin from back when it was a company brand name”

“That’s great!” Dixie exclaih

“He certainly is an odd duck — ”

“But, you love hiht?”

“Yeah,” I said blushing

“That’s certainly understandable, sweetie He’s a real catch After seeing this, I think I ht marry him”

“Grandma!”

She grinned “Or at least have him do the posters for my next exhibition”

“I’, particularly in the old style, but if you had the coreat artists on staff”

“Do you have anything of his?”

“Yeah, actually Turns out, I’o on his tumblr”

I pulled up the page and gave the phone back to Dixie, who started scrolling through the iht cry

“I don’t knohat daood, but these are beautiful!”

“He did actually Or at least he wasn’t as good as Aden or the other illustrators at the company”

“Hogwash! I ood, but I’ve never really liked coraphics Chris’s work has soul to it”

I certainly could argue with her there I wasn’t really sure what Chris was talking about when he said he wasn’t very good either Though it was possible heto do Dixie always said the only fair comparison is to your former self

“People are trying to sleep, you know!” Ellis shouted, sto room

“So sorry, your e up from the phone

“You’re getting really fat,” Ellis said to rimace

I pulled upEllis turn away at as apparently the horrible sight of the beginning of my baby bump

“I have a real er had to play nice I was free of his influence or vengeance and could enjoy ruffling his feathers