Chapter 262: Playing the Part

** Harper **

After a few rounds of careful selections, Harper decided on a family-style Italian restaurant for the weekend. It looked like a nice place with quality food and drinks, classy enough for a pseudo double date yet not too formal to immediately scream "I'm setting up my brother and my bestie tonight". The choice of cuisine should also help to make Eli feel a bit more at home, which was a plus for this gathering that was potentially going to turn out disastrous on too many levels.

The two of them made the reservation, and when weekend finally came, they got behind the wheels of Eli's little Honda and arrived at the airport with slightly complicated expectations.

"I'm surprised that he actually asked us to pick him up again," Harper commented as the car pulled into the passenger pickup zone, "considering how he left last time and how he turned down the offer to stay in my apartment for the week."