LUCE! Where’ve you been, loca?
Nixon
Did he… ???
Sly
He did, just ignore it.
I’ve been working. Seems like I’m the only one in this group chat who does.
Nixon
How are you holding up?
Sully
There’s nothing wrong with my movie references, you uncultured swine.
Nixon
You quoted a teenager's obsession with sparkly vampires.
Sully
I quoted a werewolf.
Nixon
It still came from a book.
Sully
It came from a movie.
Nixon
Now who’s the uncultured one?
Nixon
Luciano, please share how you are doing before I reach through the phone and smack Sully with a hardcover.
Enzo
I think the better question at this point is, why do you have a YA book to slap him with?
The familiar scream of a car’s horn blares and the screech of tires against asphalt alerts me to a cab as it comes to a stop beside the curb where I stand. Wrenching open the door, I slip inside, typing another message as I do.
I’m alright. The last few weeks were heavy. Today threw me into a tailspin.
“62nd and 3rd,” I tell the driver, leaning back against the cracked leather seats that reek of stale cigarettes as I try to figure out what these insane men are talking about.
Sly
What book are we talking about?
Sully
