Cassie
By the time we climbed out of Olivia’s SUV, my cheeks already hurt from laughing.
“I’m just saying,” Anthony declared as he smoothed the front of his fitted emerald-green shirt, “if any of you embarrass me tonight, I will deny knowing every single one of you.”
Sophia snorted.
“Anthony, you’re the most embarrassing one here.”
He stopped walking so abruptly that Jill almost walked into his back.
“I prefer the word unforgettable.”
“Obnoxious,” Jill corrected.
“Dazzling.”
“High maintenance.”
“Cultured.”
Olivia laughed as she looped her arm through mine. “You two are going to do this all night, aren’t you?”
Anthony gasped dramatically.
“Olivia, I am wounded.”
He pressed a hand over his heart before looking at the rest of us.
“Did everyone hear that? Mama Olivia has turned
