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Zadie eyed him suspiciously from across the table.
“What’s going on with you?” she whispered.
“Nothing,” he said. “Sometimes it’s just hard to decide whether you want stuffing or not.”
“On Thanksgiving?” she said, passing him the cranberries.
He shrugged.
“I talked to Ellen last week,” Zadie said, plopping mashed potatoes on her plate.
“Yeah,” Will said, he tried to keep his face as neutral as possible.
“She said you had two nice dates, but didn’t work out,” Zadie said, looking a little peeved.
“I didn’t ghost her,” he said.
“She didn’t say that you had.”
“There just wasn’t a spark,” he said. “She is a wonderful woman; we just weren’t meant to be.”
“Who?” Juno said.
“I set Will up with this great woman who works at DOT,” Zadie said. “Will you pass me the gravy boat?”
“Oh,” Juno said. “I didn’t think you dated. We’ve wondered if you were a robot.”
Will handed Zadie the gravy boat.
“Hilarious,” he said with an eye roll.
“Didn’t work out?” Juno said.
“No.”
“Is Zadie setting people up again?” James called from the other end of the table. “Was it a disaster like the time I let her set me up?”
James shuttered thinking of the horrid woman Zadie had set him up with before he met Elizabeth.
Zadie rolled her eyes. “Ellen is wonderful...nothing like Alicia.”
“Could I have that gravy boat next?” Eli said. “Hey, Will, I know this woman in our marketing department if you’re wanting to be set up.”
“I don’t.”
“Is Will wanting to be set up?” Elizabeth called from the end of the table. “I’ve been waiting for this.”
“I’m not,” he called, loudly. “I don’t...”
“What’s your type?” she said. “I love setting people up.”
“I’m really not interested.”
“Oh, Will, I work with this woman who would be great,” Brooklyn added. “She teaches middle school science, and she runs marathons.”
“Thank you, but...”
“There’s this professor that’s single if you...” Juno said.
