The rest of the family had gotten used to Serena and Griffin always being just a little bit late to meals. Griffin had always had a sketchy sense of time when it came to anything except minutes ticking past on a race course. And Serena was used to losing herself in her paintings and ignoring the passage of time. Even though they set alarms and alerts on their phones, it never seemed to be enough to get them out of the door in a timely way.
Luckily, Max only yelled at them about it once, after which Serena threatened to paint him as a gargoyle if he didn’t mellow out. That made him laugh, and all the piss and vinegar faded away.
So no one was surprised when they were the last to make their way to the big restaurant dining room on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone had pitched in to help with the
