Page 71 of The Last Goodbye

I called this from day one. I knew you liked her.

Phoenix

I really thought he hated her.

Cutler

I think both are true. I think he hated her and now he likes her.

We’re friends. Nothing more. It’s just a thank-you dinner.

Brody

Are you having dinner at the restaurant?

I’m not working at the restaurant tonight.

Cannon

This just keeps getting better.

I hope your bull gets a bad case of the shits.

Cannon

Don’t threaten me with a good time. That would slow his ass down.

Brody

So, you’re not eating at the restaurant. Where are you having dinner?

My boat.

Cutler

I just asked Gracie. Cooking dinner for a woman on a boat doesn’t give friendship vibes.

I live on a boat. Where the hell else would I make her dinner?

Phoenix

I’ve never made a woman dinner at all.

I’m a chef. It’s what I do.

Cannon

So what’s Nix supposed to do? Set her house on fire and then put it out? But only if they’re “friends.” It’s not romantic at all.

Brody

That’s funny shit. Let me ask you, does Briar think it’s a date?

No. She hates me most of the time. I told her it was a thank-you because we’re friends. We even called it “dinner on the boat as friends.”

Cannon

Holy shit. You literally have no game.