Chapter 21
Text Messages Between the Pleasure Point Seven(ish)
Wysdom Ward
We’ve got a lock on our missing couple.
June Atwell
Oh, thank GOD!
Don Atwell
We’ve been worried sick.
Thorn Pryor
They are grown adults, and if something happened, my money is on Avery knocking out any mofo who came at her.
June Atwell
Let’s not forget that Warren is a lean, mean, lawyering machine.
Wysdom Ward
Joy Maddux
Where are they?
Wysdom Ward
You’re going to love this…
Strick
I’m on pins and needles.
Wysdom Ward
They ran away to the circus.
Bolt Jarrett
Shut the front door!
Chloe Jarrett
I did not have that on my BINGO card.
June Atwell
The circus?
Gail Keck
I can’t even make fun of June on this one.
June Atwell
*Gif of Robert DeNiro throwing two fingers from Meet the Parents*
Gail Keck
*hands up emoji*
Wysdom Ward
Yes, the circus. They ended up at Camp Quirkus, a circus camp that also serves as a marriage counseling boot camp.
Everyone
(…)
Wysdom Ward
I see the cat’s got your tongue - or fingers - yeah, I hear it. It’s weird. Anyhoo… it’s all good in the hood because we’ve got eyes on them inside the camp.
June Atwell
How?
Don Atwell
Someone’s undercover?
Wysdom Ward
Do you really want the answer, or would you like plausible deniability later?
Everyone
(…)
Wysdom Ward
That’s what I thought.
Don Atwell
So, they’re okay in there? They don’t have to tame tigers or something, do they?
Strick
That didn’t turn out very well for Siegfried!
Gail Keck
That was Roy who got his face eaten by a tiger.
June Atwell
Wysdom Ward
Calm down, everyone. There are no tigers at this circus.
Bolt Jarrett
That’s good.
Chloe Jarrett
We’d hate for them to be put into danger just for a fixup.
Wysdom Ward
Oh, they’re still in danger. But not mauled-by-tigers danger.
Don Atwell
WTF?
Wysdom Ward
Avery nearly fell off the ropes course yesterday.
Thorn Pryor
WTF?
Wysdom Ward
Warren caught her.
June Atwell
*Gif of Madea clutching pearls*
Don Atwell
That’s my boy.
Wysdom Ward
It was pretty romantic.
June Atwell
Romantic? Warren? Warren Atwell?
Don Atwell
That does not sound like my boy.
Wysdom Ward
Yep. And afterward - they holed themselves up in their cabin for hours.
Thorn Pryor
*Gif of a child with fingers in his ears yelling lalalalalalalala*
Joy Maddux
I think you broke Thorn.
June Atwell
Not sure I want to hear about my son’s EXTRA-CURRICULAR activities.
Wysdom Ward
They were pretty extra. The smile on his face. Did you know he could smile? And have you seen how bendy he is? Must be the yoga.
(June Atwell has left the chat.)
Wysdom Ward
Whoops! I went a little too far. The God Among Men is giving me the stinkeye. Anyway, everything is good. The camp ends Friday. We’re close by in the event they need a ride home. But for now, we leave them there, yes?
Don Atwell
My son hasn’t smiled in a long time. If he’s having fun, I say leave them to it.
Thorn Pryor
I second that, but you know - for Avery.
Wysdom Ward
Operation Bendy Circus remains in play. Roger that.