“Yeah, but it gets old really quick, especially if Uncle Dane makes it political.”
“That bad, huh?” he asked, a lilt in his voice.
“Oh yeah,” I answered, without hesitation, and he laughed. “And just so you know, everything’ll probably be worse because they know I’m bringing somebody,” I added, then looked at him again, and laughed, softly. “So prepare yourself.”
“Okay.” He smiled.
“I told Mom to tell them to be nice, but I don’t think it’ll happen, at least not after they realize you’re the one from Christmas.”
“Oh yeah.” He laughed a little. “I completely forgot that they caught us.”
“Yeah.”
“So, they don’t know that that was me?”
“No, I just told Mom to tell them that I was bringing somebody and to be nice, but nothing else.”
“Oh, okay.”
When we got to Aunt Fran’s house, there were a lot of cars already there, but they had left a spot open for me in the driveway, so I pulled in. As I shut off the truck, I became a little lightheaded, so I closed my eyes and took a deep breath…
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