“It is incredible.” She cuts him a slice. “You’re not leaving without taking some.”
He laughs. “I won’t argue with that.”
She wraps a piece for him and he takes it with both hands. He says his goodbyes around the room which is another general wave, and then he’s gone, the door clicking shut behind him.
The atmosphere exhales. I look back at Braydon and he’s suddenly relaxed, jaw unclenched, and he even reaches over and steals a corner piece off the serving plate.
Katy slaps his hand away as he reaches for a second.
“Well.” Justin clears his throat. “That was awkward.”
“You made it awkward,” I say.
He gives me a look. “We were perfectly civil.”
“Civil isn’t the same as warm, Justin.”
“I wasn’t trying to be warm.”
“Exactly.”
He opens his mouth, closes it, then settles on, “It’s j
