They finished off a bottle of red wine with dinner, then curled up on the couch in Dale’s living room with another bottle to share between them as they flipped through a hundred channels in search of something to watch. They finally settled on Titanic, which they found right at the good part, or so Jill proclaimed—just as the ship was beginning to sink. At her suggestion, they turned it into a drinking game, taking a sip whenever someone onscreen said the name Jack. Before long, Dale had to break into a third bottle of wine, and he started to snicker every time they had to drink. Jill did a dead-on impression of Kate Winslet, which only made him laugh harder. When the credits finally began to roll, Dale’s stomach sloshed as he stood and the room rolled away from him. Maybe he’d had a teens
