Darren- still no answer? ( looks over at his brother)
Link- ( shakes his head and puts his phone down and picks up his beer )
Brent- ( rubs his jaw and looks to Nadia nudging her back against him he takes a drink of his beer)
Darren- well ( clears his throat) lets eat
Brent- ( rolls his eyes) I need another beer ( stands and walks away)
Nadia- ( bites her lip and looks up and forces a smile and begins to eat as everyone falls quiet that its uncomfortable)
Link- ( finishes his food and grabs his beer only for his phone to ring which he quickly grabs and answers) Layla
Layla- hey ( smiles at him) I know your at dinner so i'll make this short. im fine tell Lydia and Darren i'm fine but I wont be able to make it to Christmas dinner but they should get my gifts for everyone ( swallows) stop calling me okay.
Darren- Layla ( grabs his phone and turns it so he can see but she had already hung up. sighing he hands him the phone and sits back in his seat)
Link- ( scrubs his hands down his face and glares towards Brent) I'll see you guys next Sunday ( stands moving his chair forward before leaving)
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Lydia- hello dear it's Lydia, just calling to see if you were okay. and if you need anything ( swallows) call us back when you can... Bye ( pulls the phone away from her ear and puts it on the hook and looks towards them and shakes her head)
Nadia- ( finishes her flute of wine before pouring her another one) excuse me ( stands and walks away and up the stairs)
Brent- Nadia ( sighs and takes a drink of his beer)
Lydia- has she talked to her moms or Kai that you know of? ( looks at Brent with concern)
Brent- I don't know ma.. I don't think they'd tell me if she did.
Link- I don't blame them.
Brent- do you have something you want to say Uncle?
Darren- knock it off it's Sunday we're here to eat.
Brent- ( glares at Link) I need to check on Nadia ( pushes away from the table and walks away)
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Layla- ( sits on the end of her bed and picks her phone up and sighs)
Sherry- more voice mails?
Layla- ( nods putting the phone down and picking up a book)
Sherry- how long do you think you can keep this up ( pulls her to lay against her)
Layla-a year. or more ( grunts as Vhalla jumps up on them)
Sherry- ( rolls her eyes) your going to extremes just so Nadia can be happy.
Layla- ( petting Vhalla)
Sherry- ( picks up her phone as it dings swipes it open and hits play )
Layla why aren't you answering!! everyone has called for weeks and it's close to Christmas ( laughs before hiccuping) Perfect Layla everyone loves little Layla.. you don't even have to be here for eve-
hang up the phone Nadia
fuck you
your drunk stop.
