Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Hannah Bonam-Young
- Language: English
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
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“Did you know this song might be about an orgy?” I ask the witch
standing next to the punch bowl, pointing toward the speaker.
“What?” she shouts, using tar-black talons to pull her willowy silver wig
away from her ear.
“The song—’Monster Mash.’” I point toward the speaker again.
“What about it?” she asks, louder.
“An orgy!” I yell just as the music comes to an abrupt stop—my friend
and host of the evening, Sarah, hopping onto a dining chair to address her
guests.
“No, thanks…” Witch woman sends daggers my way as she slowly turns
around and walks, funnily enough, toward the archway decorated in
bloodied weapons.
“You should be so lucky,” I mutter under my breath as I fill my cup with
an undisclosed neon-green substance, avoiding the floating candied eyeballs
successfully.
Sarah, my lifelong best friend, is giving her yearly thank you so much for
coming to my Halloween party; it’s the only thing I care about speech while
I’m debating about whether anyone is secretly keeping track of how many
hot-dog-mummies I’ve eaten thus far.
Nah. And so I reach for another.
“Aye-aye Captain Winnifred!”
Fuck, I’ve been spotted. I drop the mummy into my drink and cover the
top of my cup with my hand.
“You okay?” Caleb, Sarah’s husband, asks, eyeing my cup with
suspicion.
“Never been better,” I chime sweetly. “It’s another successful year,” I say,
admiring their home, decorated with professional precision.
Caleb does the same, and when his expression turns to subtle pride and
admiration for his wife’s work, I place a bet to the universe that the next
three words out of his mouth will be…
“Anything Sarah wants,” we say in unison. He smiles into the top of his
beer with a hint of guilty shyness, but mostly resolve. Sarah and Caleb met
in the ninth grade. He’s been carrying her textbooks, literally and
metaphorically, since.
I love Caleb. He’s like a brother to me. A brother-in-law if Sarah and I
were actually sisters like we used to boldly claim (see: lie) in school. Turns
out, according to a DNA test a few years back, we’re fourth cousins once
removed. Sarah simply says we’re cousins now, when given the chance.
“You know, my friend Robbie is here. I thought I might introduce you,”
Caleb says after a long sip of his beer.
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