Page 119 of Forever

Rob laughed. “Okay yeah, fair. That sounds like me. In my defense, I drank a lot before we started playing.”

I stared at him and sighed. “You have a black eye, Rob.”

“I do not.”

“Yes you do. Brooklyn is going to kill me. She was so excited about the wedding photos.”

“You should see the other guy,” Rob said.

I turned to Tanner. Who looked perfectly fine. Not a hair out of place.

Tanner laughed. “You barely touched me.” He lightly kicked the back of Rob’s legs and Rob fell to his knees.

“Stop it with that kung fu stuff, man,” Rob said. “I was trying to have a good old-fashioned brawl. Not whatever you’re doing.”

“So you want me to crack a bottle of vodka against your head?”

“What?” Rob shook his head. “No.” He stood back up. “But I’m not against putting your head in a toilet.”

Tanner shuddered. “What in the world? Where do you even come up with this stuff?”

“It’s a swirly,” Rob said.

“A what-y?”

“You’ve never heard of a swirly? What planet are you even from?”

Nigel cleared his throat. “This planet. Can we finish the game real quick?” he asked.

“No.” I gestured to the bloody shirt covering most of James’ face. “The game’s done. It’s a tie.”

“But ties are for simps and paupers,” Nigel said.

What the hell did he just say?“No, we’re done.”

“But…”

“Nigel, the game is over.”

“I really am fine,” James said. He lowered the shirt. The blood had stopped but the lower half of his face was covered in blood. And Rob’s black eye was looking worse by the second.

“It’s a tie,” I said firmly. “The Hunters and Caldwells are even.”

Rob made a farting noise with his mouth.

“So does that mean it’s time for the strippers I ordered?” Nigel asked.

“What? No.”

“But it’s a bachelor party…”

“I specifically said no strippers.” I turned to Mason.

“I told them all that,” Mason said.

“But every bachelor party must involve strippers,” Nigel protested.

I just stared at him. “Why do you think that?”

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