Thanksgiving 2019As they drove down, with Eric Nelson quiet in the back, his mother Kate Pugh and Kate’s lover Simon Douglas exchanged slight touches, which did not go unnoticed by Eric. He was pleased for her, having seen the deterioration of their family in Mill Valley, especially after Suzanne moved to New York. So he was happy to watch them, enjoying their being oblivious to their obviousness. Eric liked Simon, even if he was a hedge-funder living in Greenwich. His Mother warned him about going all Bernie Sanders on him—”You’re going to Yale because your capitalist father is paying for it so do not get on your soapbox” or words to that effect over the phone the day before—and her tone made it clear that she was serious.
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