Chapter Nineteen
Alphaholes
Silas: This family meeting tonight, do I need to bring Ziggy with me? Your message wasn’t clear Dad.
Dad: Yes, it’s wise to. What we are discussing requires the whole family to be present because it could affect all of you. Rue, I’ve sent you a team call link that is secure to use. Ring when you’re home.
Taylin: I was going to ask the same about Hollis. I’m sensing I’m missing something. Something serious?
Booker: A brain?
Kodi: If only I had a brain.
Booker: If only I had a heart.
Silas: Why the fuck are you two reciting lines from the Wizard of Oz? Dad, what is going on?
Taylin: Good catch Booker… oh yeah, I forget you loved to sit and watch it every Christmas, Silas. Will you be making it a Christmas tradition with Ziggy this year? I’m sure I could find you a pair of red sparkly shoes to wear.
Silas: Fuck off, dipshit. I haven’t watched it in years. And I forgot about the Christmas present you made me, motherfucker. This year will be payback.
Kodi: Whatever happened to those red shoes? I’m sure there’s a picture with you wearing them.
Kari: That new copy of the Wizard of Oz that got delivered a few months ago… that wasn’t yours? Right on Kodi, I think it’s in one of the Christmas albums Popi has in the library.
Silas: Seriously, do you wanna go there about what you have delivered to the house, Kari? And if any of you show that picture to Ziggy, payback will be epic, mark my words.
Rue: So it’s alright for Kendrick and Monty to be present during the call?
Dad: Yes Rue, that’s fine. The rest of you, why does it always end up like this? How can grown men revert to teenagers in the blink of an eye?
Jupiter: It’s a talent. And I do believe you burned the picture, Silas, in a fit of temper when Booker showed it to the boy you both wanted to date… can’t remember his name, but he looked like a young Tom Hardy.
Kodi: I remember that, Silas broke the vase that Dad had bought Popi for their anniversary when they wrestled.
Dad: Is that right?
Booker: Thanks for that dipshit.
Kodi: Always a pleasure to help.
Silas: You aren’t the only one who remembers stuff, Kodi.
Dad: Enough, you’re giving me a goddamn headache and you aren’t even in the house!
Silas, Taylin, I’ll explain everything this evening.
This is not the place to have this type of conversation.
And Jupiter, yes it takes talent, one you developed and never lost!
Now don’t be late. Popi is making tacos so bring your appetites.