Jessica and her father used to have what they called “Movie Fridays” once a month. Popcorn, pizza, beer. A choice of movie each. Tony loved anything from the ’80s and anything by John Hughes. Especially Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Jessica suspected Tony had always secretly wanted to be just like Ferris—wisecracking, with a hot girlfriend, and always breaking the rules and never giving a damn. The reality was he was way more like Ferris’s best friend, Cameron—a little uptight and frustrated, like a coiled spring waiting for a release.
