Page 162 of Forty, Flirty & Fall Inn

"Tell that to my wine cellar door."

"Your turn!"Claire calls out."Sage and Luke.Prepare to be destroyed by superior sibling communication."

I stand, pulling Luke with me."We've got this.What's our category?"

"Holiday movies," Mom announces."Sage, you're acting."

Harper hands me a slip of paper.I read it and immediately groan.

It reads 'Love Actually’.I’m screwed.

"Time!"Claire shouts.

I launch into my performance, starting with what I think is a obvious heart shape.

"Heart!"Luke shouts."Love!Romance!"

I nod encouragingly, then pretend to open multiple doors.

"Doors.Many doors.Hotel?"

I shake my head, try again.

More doors.Lots of doors.

"Actually!"He suddenly exclaims."Love Actually!Multiple storylines, multiple doors opening to love!"

"YES!"

"Time!"Claire calls."Damn it, that was fast."

"We're a good team," Luke says, pulling me in for a victory kiss that makes my parents exchange one of their looks.

“Unh unh.No PDA during game night," Claire shrieks."It's distracting James."

"James is unconscious," I point out.

"He's absorbing the environment.I read about it in a parenting blog."

"You read parenting blogs now?"

"I read everything.I'm a new mom.I'm terrified.Sue me."

"You're doing great," Harper assures her."James is perfect."

"He screamed for three hours yesterday because his sock was 'wrong.'"

"Sounds like he takes after his mother," I mutter.

"I heard that!"

The game continues with increasingly ridiculous rounds.

Dad acts out "Elf" by basically just being himself but with more sugar.Ben's "It's a Wonderful Life" looks suspiciously like a man having an existential crisis, which Harper insists is "too real for Christmas Eve."

Through it all, I keep catching Luke checking his watch.

He's trying to be subtle, but subtlety isn't his strong suit when he's nervous.