“Isn’t Darryl joining us?” I ask my host.

Otis grunts, gnaws on a BBQ rib. Should ribs be that big?

They’d argued… I heard thuds. This is hillbilly country!

A bruised Darryl appears. “Dang, Otis! Don’t freak our dinner guest.”

Then he stage whispers, “You know fear spoils the meat!”

Mary Sheehan hails from southern Ireland and is vegetarian…
honestly!