Chapter 12: Afternoon Delight
The week dragged by. Ebon’s Friday night sleep-over with Max’s nephews came and went, with the boy making a couple of new friends and talking about his experience the whole weekend. They’d bonded over a love of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it seemed, and now Ebon was even more eager to become a Boy Scout. Kit now knew more about the nephews than he’d ever wanted to.
Over spaghetti on Sunday, he and Max arranged a family dinner for the following Sunday, with Max’s mom, sisters, and Val. Turned out that she and Sophia had already been planning this, for the two of them had both asked off work that evening. “They’re still trying to orchestrate our lives,” Max muttered over the tiramisu. “I’m not sure this is working out properly.”
Kit waffled back and forth a
