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I shuddered at the brown lump in my hand “Nice visual” I dropped the caramel corn clump back into the tin and pushed it away

“It’s why you called me”

Snapping at Zara right before our first big day out wasn’t a great plan Of course she’d called trying to be nice at exactly the wrong moment I didn’t need another jewel added to my crown of failure, but here it was

Halfway through our lunch of a double XL pizza and a couple beers, August handed over another one

“Is this only about your dad?” He folded his pepperoni and double cheese slice in half, determined to fit even more into his mouth

I tapped out after three oversized slices August ate like a linebacker, but looked like a surfer I’d need to get back into the gym before Rollie Pollie returned

“Do I have a giant scroll screen across my forehead?”

“No, but you’ve looked at your phone five times in the last tena witty e from me, and your dad barely uses the phone Is this about Zara? The one with the ring?”

I balled upto throw it “She called right after I leftto do tomorrohere we have to be a pretend fake happy couple and I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t knee me in the balls the next time she saw me”

August chuckled “Couples do that”

“Not happily engaged couples”

He downed more of his beer “Can’t help you there”

“You tere happy”

“Were we? You don’t stand up in front of all your friends and family with your best man at your side, not even able to stand still because you’re so happy to see your soon-to-be bride, and watch your doom walk down the aisle toward you, if you’re actually happy” He drained the rest of his beer and arched the can through the air, watching it clatter into the e

“Whatever was going on with her, you were happy”