“My brothers and I have decided we’ll give him until the New Year to make an appearance before we implement a plan and take Cove over.” Bitter humor fills me. Decided makes it sound like we had a civilized discussion, when really, we barked at each other in rapid-fire Italian in his office for twenty minutes. He wanted to take it over immediately, while I wanted to give my best friend the benefit of the doubt and wait a few weeks. He threw a snow globe at my head, I hurled it back with a better aim, and we settled on January 1.
