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“It’s onesie day,” he slurs int o the pho ne . “You knew tha t when you

dropped us off, Issa. Free beer unt il . . .”
She groans . “Put my brother on the pho ne. ”
“Fine, fine, ” Marsha ll mumbles . There’ s a rustling sound tha t
comes from the pho ne, and then, “Yea h?”
Allysa spits out our location int o the pho ne. “Get here right no w.
Plea se. And bring a bag of ice.”

“Yes ma’ am ,” he says. The brother sounds like he may be a little
drunk , too. There’ s laught er, and then one of the guys says, “She ’s in a
bad mood,” and then the line goes dea d.
Allysa puts her pho ne back in her pocket . “I’ll go wait outside for
them, they ’re just down the street . Wi ll you be okay here?”
I no d and rea ch for the cha ir. “Maybe I sho uld just try to walk on
it.”

Allysa pushes my sho ulders back unt il I’m lea ni ng agains t the wall
again. “No, don’t move. Wait unt il they get here, okay?”
I ha ve no idea wha t two drunk en guys are going to be able to do
for me, but I no d. My new em ployee feel s more like my boss right no w
and I’m kind of scared of her at the moment .
I wait in the back for about ten minu tes when I fina lly hea r the

front door to the building open. “Wha t in the world?” a man’s voice
says. “Why are you all alone in thi s creep y building ?”
I hea r Allysa say, “She’s back here. ” She walks in, followed by a guy
wea ring a ones ie. He’s tall, a little bit on the thi n side, but boyishl y
ha nd some with big, ho nes t eyes and a hea d full of dark, mes sy, way-
past-due- for-a-ha ircut ha ir. He’s ho lding a bag of ice.
Did I mention he was wear ing a onesie?

I’m talking a leg it, full-grown man in a Spong eB ob ones ie.
“Thi s is your hu sband ?” I ask her, cocking an ey eb row.
Allysa rolls her ey es . “Unf ortuna tel y,” she says, glanc ing back at
hi m. Ano ther guy (also in a ones ie) walks in behi nd the m, but my
attent ion is on Allysa as she explains why they ’re wea ring pajamas on
a rand om Wed nes day afterno on. “There’ s a bar down the street tha t

gives out free beer to any one who sho ws up in a ones ie during a
Bruins game. ” She makes he r way over to me and motions for the
guys to follow her. “She fel l off the cha ir and hu rt her ank le, ” she says