WT - Samples

 

Don blames the Internet for Emily’s fixation with spirits and asks the cake girl about sprinkles.  He pops samples and texts pictures of fancy frosting behind glass. 

 

“You shouldn’t put how old.”  The freckled face of the cake girl looks over at Emily. “Your daughter should be in this discussion and not on her phone.” And a few seconds later she asks, “What did she say?  Three-way call a ghost using a psychic? Does that work?”  The cake girl says it as if she expects Don to ask Emily about what she just heard.

 

Emily shakes her head and continues her conversation with Juniper about ghost boyfriends.  She tells Juniper Grizzly's idea to invite Jillian, the psychic to read fortunes almost got them kicked out, again.  And she doesn’t understand what gets into her aunt sometimes.  “Although, Jillian isn't my favorite person, she would have made the party fun," Emily says.

 

“But what about that awful prediction she gave you?” Juniper asks. 

 

“Jillian tries to be professional,” Emily says.  "Except when she invites herself over for dinner."

 

Emily notices the cake girl could be her age, and they share the same bleached blonde hair.  And as much as Emily is unhappy with her Aunt Ally, Ally doesn't deserve the way Don flirts.  He eats the samples and they talk, the cake girl has cut up an entire cake.  (Although Emily isn’t sure where the line is, when a couple of bites becomes too much, but there’s something hedonistic about an entire cake, like it’s one of those indulgences done in private either alone or with someone you care about).

 

"Evilness of the Internet," Don says.  "There is a fight about my sister-in-law coming."  And then, Don says, "Sugar, what time do you get off?" 

 

Emily imagines driving the car over to her ghost boyfriend's house.  (She's been trying to three-way call Mickey using the psychic, but so far it hasn't worked).  Juniper says she and Cliff aren't back together, but they shared a pizza.  Juniper didn't say much more about the date with Cliff, and Emily didn't ask.  The girl offers the last sample to Emily. 

 

“Do you think your mom will like it?” She asks.  It’s a skinny piece, barely any frosting. 

 

“Too sweet,” Emily says.

 

“Is Grizzly going to Ally’s party?" Juniper asks. 

 

"I mentioned Jillian at dinner and talked about finding Mickey in psychic visions, and Ally got quiet.”

 

When Don and Emily arrive home, Ally stays upstairs in her room, but Thom races inside.  He asks Emily if she saw her boyfriend in the driveway and goes on about a red sports car and no one inside.  And then he shows her the pictures from Don with the cars all over his mom’s cake.