Page 549 of End Game

“Close enough.”

“And the other two?”

“You've heard enough about Dex that meeting him will either help or make everything worse.”

“I've noticed.”

“Sunday?”

A pause.

Finally she agrees, “Okay.”

Luke answers with, “If you're calling to ask me for money, I have none.”

“Good talk.”

“What's up?”

“I invited Mom over Sunday.”

“Condolences.”

“For dinner.”

“Still applies.”

“With everyone.”

He goes quiet for exactly two seconds.

“Oh.”

“Yeah.”

“The Avengers?”

I rub my forehead. “What?”

“Your weird little sex commune.”

“I'm hanging up.”

Luke laughs. “Relax. I'm kidding.” Then he makes some kind of noise, then gets more serious. “So this is, what? Official meet-the-family?”

“Basically, and if you’re available I’d like you here too.”

“I've met Cami.”

“But not really the guys.”

“I've seen pictures.”

“That isn't meeting them.”

“Fair.”

I hear what sounds like a refrigerator opening on his end.