This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

Author:Katie Henry [Henry, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062955722
Google: FeTdDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2021-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

CHARLOTTE IS POLITE enough as she meets everyone, though it’s clear she’s still wary of the whole situation, and not psyched about spending an hour in this bar before we start.

“You didn’t need to come to this early,” I tell her as we settle into one of two tables Will has saved.

She peels off her coat. “Would have been nice of you to mention that in your text.”

With all this time she’s going to be hanging out, I realize we have a more pressing problem. “Um. Charlotte.”

“Yeah?”

“There’s something you should know.”

“What, do you have another secret hobby?” she asks. “Model airplanes? Necromancy?”

“Well—”

“Drinks first. Then dark secrets.” She swivels around, looking for a waiter.

“I want you to know now: people might say weird stuff,” I tell her, aware this is probably too cryptic and also that she’s definitely stopped listening, “Or things that don’t seem true. About me. But it’s complicated and I’ll explain everything after so just . . . be cool, okay? Just—”

“Izzy!” Mo snags my arm. “I want you to meet my girlfriend.”

She’s nearly as tall as Mo, but that’s about the end of the similarities. Her hair is long and wavy under her beanie, her winter coat puffy and practical in contrast to Mo’s flashy coat that can’t possibly be warm enough. She’s a little younger and much quieter than Mo and doesn’t fight for attention as Mo and the boys banter back and forth. She’s got a soft voice, so I don’t quite catch her name when she introduces herself. Something with an L. I’ll ask Mo later.

But the way they look at each other—that’s exactly the same. Total comfort. Real affection. I wonder what that would be like. Having someone you can relax into. Someone who balances you out.

“Are you drinking tonight?” Will asks me. “I’m heading to the bar.”

I shake my head. “My sister is, though. She has an ID,” I add, but don’t add that it’s fake. “I bribed her to come with the promise of a drink. Like a real drink.” I reach for my purse. “How much would it—”

Will stops me with a hand on my arm. “No worries, I got you.”

“You’re always buying.”

“It’s no big deal.”

“I know your parents are wealthy, but you shouldn’t feel like you have to cover us all the time.”

Will stops. He turns back to me, and I can almost see him debating inside his own head what to tell me. We stand there in silence, for a moment.

“My dad owns a vintage Shelby Mustang,” he says finally. And then pauses, like it means something.

“I don’t really know cars,” I say apologetically.

“Well, it’s beautiful. And very expensive. And he has never driven it off our property.”

“Because . . . he wants to keep it nice?”

“Because he’s worried if a cop sees him driving it, they’ll assume he stole it.”

“Oh,” I say, feeling horrible and stupid and out of better words to convey how horrible and stupid I feel.

“Yeah. My family’s got money,” Will concedes. “A whole ton of inherited wealth, if we’re being real here.

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