They made hamburgers, French fries, and iceberg lettuce salads in the kitchen, shoulder touching shoulder. Roberto in Ecuador didn’t continue to be a topic. Nor was Carr’s meeting with Bill Lautner at AC. Instead, Jesse talked about Jilly’s upcoming wedding, the horrible gift he had bought the bride and groom, a twelve-quart crock pot, and where Jesse was staying while in Pittsburgh, feeling he was overcharged for his two nights.
Carr rehashed stories of their youth: playing softball together, swimming, and watching the movie Porky’s without their mothers’ consents. He brought up their graduation day from Plimpton High School and how he had left for Ashtabula, Ohio, the following day, already prepared as a young eighteen-year-old man to travel around the world and help those in need throu
