"I would appreciate it if you could make it you know." The man on the phone droned and Eli withheld a sigh. Here he was being roped into attending some party and he couldn't bail himself out of it. "It's our twentieth anniversary and Winnie would love it if you showed up. She says you're like the son she always wanted. Remember, it's tonight. Don't show up and I'll... I'll withdraw."
"How grand. Now you've resorted to threats." Eli taunted his business partner, grabbing a document to read. Between building the cottage, and managing Santiago's threats and his company, he had a crazy load of files to go through. "Fine, I'll show up."
"Good," Derek said. "Don't forget to bring a date."
Eli frowned, pausing his reading. "Wait what?"
But the sly old man had cut the call.
"s**t," Eli
