After dinner, neither of them left.
They sat in the living room and started chatting.
Simon was impossibly attentive, peeling fruit for me, refilling my drink.
Jason watched it all, opening and closing his mouth several times, only to be cut off each time by my brother.
"Don't mind them. That's just how couples are after a long time apart."
Jason's expression soured. "A long time apart?"
I choked on my drink. My brother jumped in before I could recover.
"Yeah. My sister's had a crush on my best friend since she was a kid. In ninth grade, she practically forced him into an engagement. Now that she's graduated, they're finally getting married."
I begged him to stop.
Between the choking and the mortification, my face was redder than the crawfish on the table.
My brother, of course,
