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I walk inside and look around the place It's not bad Lorna has an eye for decorating, and there's certainly a level of opulence I'll give her that, but that's the only good thing you'll ever hearwoman
"Welcome, Mason," Lorna says There's a chill to her voice Instead of her nor a black dress that ends well above the knee and a pair of 5-inch black heels "Please, have a seat" She waves her hand toward the dining room
She walks over to the long dining room table and motions for me to sit in a chair adjacent to her ohich ame of chess where she's the queen capable of any move, and I'm just one of her pawns
If you think that soeous
"I'd like to introduce you to hter, Becca," Lorna says I try to stifle hter? Given our ihter? If that's true, then I've fucked ht of that throws my brain for a loop
"A Pancetta crisp, sir?" her butler asks ht I smile and nod, and take one I place it in —sweet, salty, and crisp, like bacon, but better, and it's topped with goat cheese and pears, and the sweetness cuts through the salt in all the right ways
Maybe dinner won't be entirely bad At least I'll get a good meal out of it
The butler colass of bubbly Chenin Blanc, and when I take a sip, the crackly carbonation matches the crisp Pancetta in a way thatnext to a snake thinly-disguised as a woht black dress
"Now that we're all here, I'd like to lass with the edge of her silver spoonsound that breaks our silence Becca and I both look up I' what's about to tu
She continues, "Mason and I have gotten engaged"
The sound of so co a hard tionna have to perforlass of wine
I can tell she's trying hard to contain her surprise, but she's clearly floored by this news The saht that crept into my mind has now probably made it into hers
"You are full of surprises ratulations, or would that be too soon? Maybe I should wait and see if this er than all the ones before it?"
Lorna bristles at her co a bitch, I think you should try and show your mother a little respect"
"Respect?" Becca asks "Is that what you call this? That's hilarious"