My Brother-In-Law Borrowed My Phone At Dinner

let them land.

“Brandon,” she said, “tell them you didn’t mean it.”

I turned and stared at her.

Didn’t mean it?

Like he had bumped a vase with his elbow.

Brandon grabbed that opening like a drowning man grabs hair. “Exactly. I was going to replace it after the return cleared. We had money coming.”

Carl asked, “From where?”

Brandon’s mouth shut.

Carl waited.continue reading …