Chapter 19
CHAPTER NINETEEN
ATLAS
Group text with Mom, Atlas, Xander, Declan, and Lincoln:
5:28 p.m.
Mom:
Atlas, why aren’t you answering your phone?
What’s this I hear about you chasing some guy down Main Street with a chainsaw?
Lincoln:
It was for a good cause.
His girlfriend was being harassed.
Mom:
GIRLFRIEND?!
?! Why is this the first I’m hearing about a girlfriend?
???
Declan:
I wish I wasn’t hearing about it at all.
Lincoln:
Don’t worry, Mom, you’re not far behind the rest of town.
Atlas and his new lady friend made their declaration at the bar on Saturday.
Word spread like wildfire.
Mom:
And the chainsaw?
Xander:
What have we told you about not believing everything Mabel says?
Mom:
How do you know it was Mabel?
Xander:
I don’t have to be in town to know that.
Mom:
So Atlas having a girlfriend isn’t true?
Lincoln:
No, it is.
The chainsaw thing is a little over the top, though.
Even for him.
Mom:
How serious is this?
? How long have they been dating?
? And why hasn’t he brought her over to meet me?
?????
Declan:
An excellent question.
Atlas?
Lincoln:
He’s probably busy with his new girlfriend doing coupley things.
But he told me he’d bring her by this week for family dinner.
Mom:
Perfect! I can’t wait!
!!
Declan:
Neither can I.
Mom:
Does she have any allergies, Atlas?
What’s her favorite food?
I want to make a good impression!
Group text with Atlas, Xander, Declan, and Lincoln:
5:42 p.m.
Atlas:
I’m going to kill you.
Declan:
Which one of us are you talking to? Atlas:
Yes.