09-26-2016, 04:59 PM
That's right. Declan was dead. People probably shouldn't be so chipper when they're in mourning.
"We weren't that close. I hadn't seen him in years. The only reason I even know he was dead was the unexpected swelling in my bank account and I called to find out why."
Part of Declan's income was siphoned off to a kid of his, apparently Dane had nieces and nephews, or something, and a big fat payoff to some ex-wife. Dane met her only once when he'd been invited home before the actual wedding. Invited to a dinner but not the wedding, what a loving brother. Was fine with Dane. He went anyway and loitered on the edges, hands in his pockets, sunglasses perched on his nose, and watched the nuptials with bland interest.
He lifted his glass, inhaling the aroma of the wine with the sense of one used to judging them. He toasted after the fact, and uttered something about brothers and childhood memories, blah blah.
"So how did you know my dear departed older brother? You were friends? He must have confided much about me to you, then."
"We weren't that close. I hadn't seen him in years. The only reason I even know he was dead was the unexpected swelling in my bank account and I called to find out why."
Part of Declan's income was siphoned off to a kid of his, apparently Dane had nieces and nephews, or something, and a big fat payoff to some ex-wife. Dane met her only once when he'd been invited home before the actual wedding. Invited to a dinner but not the wedding, what a loving brother. Was fine with Dane. He went anyway and loitered on the edges, hands in his pockets, sunglasses perched on his nose, and watched the nuptials with bland interest.
He lifted his glass, inhaling the aroma of the wine with the sense of one used to judging them. He toasted after the fact, and uttered something about brothers and childhood memories, blah blah.
"So how did you know my dear departed older brother? You were friends? He must have confided much about me to you, then."