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The balls were arranged in a pyramid, and because Owen had the yellow club, he was designated to knock them down. I set the yellow ball in front of him and gestured for him to take a swing. After a moment of hesitation, he swung his golf club and scattered the balls all across the room. Everyone went running to find the color that matched their club before the real fun began.
“I need fifty dollars!” shouted Penelope.
“Ten dollars!” said Luke.
“One hundred dollars!” my dad called from the top of the stairs.
I wasn’t sure how his ball had gotten up there, but somehow there he was, standing next to the black ball with his black club. Owen looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
“Oh,” I said. “We’re telling everyone how much money we need to buy the next piece of land.”
“The next piece of land? Was there a first piece of land?”
“Oh yeah, you missed that part.”
“I did? What? When did that happen?”
“Don’t worry about it,” I told him with a pat on the shoulder. “Two hundred dollars!” I yelled.
“Twenty dollars!” called someone else.
I looked at Owen and gave him an encouraging nod.
“Five hundred?” he said hesitantly.
The room suddenly got silent. Someone gasped as everyone turned their heads to look at Owen.
“What? What did I do?” he asked.
“You just unleashed the dragon,” I whispered.
“Now there’s a dragon in this game too?”
“Everyone take a shot!” yelled Taylor.
Owen lifted his drink to his mouth but I stopped him before he could take a sip.
“Not that kind of shot. At least not yet.”
We all swung at our balls and they went flying across the room, bouncing off of walls, furniture, and other people. We ran in every direction to find our ball again, and then took a shot of our drinks.
“Now we drink!” I called to Owen from across the room.
“This game makes absolutely no sense,” he said with a shake of his head.
Several hoursand a few bruises later, the game was over. Of course, I was crowned the winner, as usual, and Owen remarkably didn’t come in last place. Although, when you’re playing with a bunch of young children, it’s pretty embarrassing when nearly all of them beat you.
We tidied up the room and everyone began gathering around the table full of food, which was due for a refill of snacks.
From across the room, I saw my mom whisper to Owen, and then he followed her quickly into the kitchen. I glanced at Amelia who just shrugged her shoulders at me, feigning complete innocence.
I tried to follow them, but Taylor and Luke each put out an arm to stop me before I could open the door.
“What are you guys doing?” I asked defiantly.
“Mom told us not to let anyone in there.”
“She’s probably interrogating Owen right now and making him super uncomfortable. Just let me in for a second.”
