Chapter 262018—late November
Eric and Carlton celebrated Thanksgiving with a quiet dinner for two. Eric had considered inviting Rusty and his latest playmate to dinner, but Rusty’s mother had beaten him to it. The turkey and all the trimmings were history, and what hadn’t been consumed was in the refrigerator, waiting to be warmed up the next day. He and Carlton were relaxing on the sofa in the family room, talking about nothing in particular.
“This has been a nice quiet Thanksgiving, hasn’t it?” Carlton said.
“Yeah.”
“Want to do something a little more spectacular next year?”
“Such as?”
“Going somewhere extravagant and having Thanksgiving brunch.”
“We don’t have to decide that today, do we?” Eric said.
“Of course not.”
“I just realized something,” Eric said.
“What?”
“I haven’t
