Gorni transposed her deep frustrations to Jerry in the form of heavy sighs, sidelong glances, and thin-lipped, forced smiles whenever Fantine made a comment. Ethan realized then that Gorni was still in love with Dan and that she was competing with Fantine, although Dan showed no interest in Gorni. Still, he was polite to her. To Gorni’s credit, after she’d chugged a full third of it, she passed around her bottle of white wine. When they finished that bottle, she produced another from under her voluminous wraps, drank the top half of that bottle in swift order, and then shared it. Ethan noted the intimate group’s singular lack of concern for a herpes outbreak.
Bigfoot said, “Jerry, we’re all cold, so if you don’t mind, I have dry wood in the truck.”
“Be my guest,” said Jerry. He fell back
