He Stood Me Up, so I Married His Brother novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: The Family Table
Thatcher stood under the hat with his hands at his sides.
My aunt let him stand there as long as he needed.
Then she patted his arm, twice, the way she patted mine.
"Now," she said. "Saturday. Supper at the shop. Everybody."
"Everybody who?" I asked.
"Everybody who held a tarp. Everybody who put money in that pickle jar." She looked at Thatcher. "And your brother."
"Crosby?"
"He fell off my dumpster yesterday and got right back on it. He's invited."
Saturday at five, my shop didn't look like a shop.
The crew had pulled both trucks out and hosed down the bays. Folding tables from the church ran the whole length of the garage, end to end, covered in white paper.
The new kid had strung lights from the rafters. He'd made a spreadsheet of where every bulb went.
The four-foot FAIRCLOTH ROOFING letters outside had a Christmas wreath hanging off the second F.
Bolton Street came with covered dishes. Ham. Fried chicken. Collards. Macaroni and cheese in a pan the size of a door.
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