บท 178: Chapter 178

INT. - THE MELTON HOTEL to CICI'S APARTMENT to THE MELTON HOTEL - EVENING

Gaylene insisted on stopping at the bar first and Ray wasn't about to argue with her. Three rounds of neat Scotch later, and even the medical examiner was staggering.

Mummy had taken a private table in the back corner, surrounded by tasteful, curved walls and towering plants, but sound carried. Especially her piercing voice when she took one look at Ray and Gaylene who both giggled as they strolled up, arm in arm.

"You're drunk," Mummy said with a particular viciousness that would normally have sent Ray cowering for the corner. Tonight, it just pissed her off.

"And you," she said around a ladylike burp that tasted like she needed more to drink, "are an absolute bitch. But, we all have our issues." She froze inside, shocked, appalled. Secretly shrieking in laughter while Gaylene sniggered next to her.