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I shrugged “That was o”

“So you changed your mind?”

“No, you changed o someplace you wanted to be, and this will be the perfect trip for you”

Joe growled in frustration “Daood at this?”

“At what?”

“Makingfurious with you”

“It’s a talent I’ve been working on since birth Just ask my cousins”

“I’?”

I’d thought I was going to have to work harder to convince hi to tell ht now, so I better turn the car around?”

“Would you listen?”

“No”

“Then it’s best for e for later”

I didn’t like the sound of that I had experienced Joe’s revenge several tihtful, but there was always a painful part first “We’re going to Christmastown, Vermont”

“You’re the Christ all this for me?”

“I didn’t say it was all for you I said I wanted the trip to be perfect for you, and it will be”

“You’re going to s you’ve talked about, aren’t you?”

“We’d be doing the them in Vermont”

“Yeah, but this town… Is it as cheesy as I think it will be?”

I couldn’t help but ses I’d seen online “Yes, and you’re going to love it Think of the snow, think of the sleigh rides, and pro to relax and have fun”

“What about my car and the work I owe X?”

X was the head of Vigilance, the underground organization Joe sometimes worked for “It’s taken care of”

“You are so fucking infuriating”

“You should be thrilled I kno to spoil you so well” I glanced over at Joe and saw hi it My charh alames I both loved and hated that he knew me that well