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7
Dominic
Igrab a fork, poke a meatball, and put the entire thing in my mouth. I barely made it here without stopping at a bar. The dissolution of my marriage with Val was never something I imagined.
“Stop eating and wait for everyone.” Ma smacks my hand and the fork falls from my grip.
She’s lucky I’m still upright and not passed out. I’m starved after my basketball game.
“Where is everyone?” I ask.
My other family members should be here by now. After leaving the café, I stopped by my old high school and stared at it, letting memories of Val run through my head like some sick movie reel of the good ol’ times. Why I chose to torment myself, I don’t know.
“How am I supposed to know?” Ma stirs the sauce then pulls a tray of chicken from the oven.
Something seems amiss, but she’s still making enough food to feed an army, so everyone must just be later than me.
“Where’s Dad?” I ask.
“Out.”
“No shit.”
She stops, places her spoon on the holder beside the stove, and smacks me on the back of the head. “Disrespectful. I am your mama.”
She’s really in a mood. Usually she’s brimming with happiness every Sunday, what with two of her boys bringing their significant others over.
I pull out my phone and go sit on the couch.
She pokes her head out of the kitchen. “You should change. Something nice. You’re dressed like you’re a teenager.”
Not going to happen. I pull up the group text between my siblings and me and type out a message.
Me: Where the hell are you guys?
Enzo: In bed.
Carm: On the kitchen counter.
Blanca: In A bed… not mine.
I shake my head at Blanca.
Me: Why the hell am I the only one here for dinner? Ma’s acting strange.
Enzo: She told Annie yesterday that there was no dinner today.
Blanca: I got the same text.
Carm: Me three.
Me: She’s preparing food, so there’s a dinner.
Carm: What the hell? I’m on my way.
Blanca: I’ll bring my new guy over. NOT.
Enzo: Spare us the info about your boy toy, Blanc.
