“If only there were a way to find out what Adam would prefer,” Malcolm said. Olive sniffled in response. “Yeah.” “If only there were someone who knows Adam very well that we might ask,” Malcolm said, louder this time. “Yeah,” Anh repeated, “that would be great. But there isn’t, so—” “If only there were someone in this room who recently started dating Adam’s closest friend of nearly three decades,” Malcolm near-yelled, full of passive-aggressive indignity, and Anh and Olive exchanged a wide-eyed look. “Holden!”
