This is my third time. One more and I get an honorary diploma." It's nice to see you again, Shirley," Herm said. "Sit down and join us."Shirley took a... chair that I held out for her, and I sat down beside her, to her left. Marsha was to her immediate right.There was a lengthy silence as everyone wondered where to take the conversation from there. Finally, Betsy took the ball and ran with it. "I didn't see you at the five or the ten-year reunion," she said to Shirley. "Did you miss both of. The place is loaded with stuff,’ he yelled, triumphantly. It had been his idea to check the attic to see what may have been stored there. ‘Be careful, Brian,’ Paige said to me as I made my way up the ladder. At ten feet up, I looked down to see her watching me. At twenty feet, her head was tipped back. Four more feet and I hoisted my right knee to the attic floor and used both hands to spring my body inside the opening. The attic was packed with junk, some of which had been there for. “How will we even find someone by tonight?”“There’s no guarantee,” I said. “But we can try.”She’d logged my phone into her account on the dating app. I’d set the profile to “seeking women only” and updated the description to say we were a couple looking for a unicorn for one night of play. I pulled the sheets up enough to cover our nude bodies and took a couple of profile photos of the two of us in bed in each other’s arms. I added those to Stela’s existing pictures that showed off her. ”“Tell us what?” Vernon asked, more loudly this time.Christina stood up. “I'd like to talk with you in private, Dudley.”Dudley got up and followed Christina out of the room. The two of them disappeared into the kitchen, leaving Kaden and Bethany alone with their grandparents. Petunia was sitting straight up, wearing a pinched expression, and staring at the kitchen door. Vernon was sipping on his brandy again. It was all very awkward. Kaden pushed his uneaten food around on his plate and tried.