Status Updates From A Zoom with a View: A Mystery

I mean, Chaz has his own gloves that he special ordered because he said his hands were too big for regular gloves. He smirks sadly. "That jerk was always making penis jokes."

"He just... Chaz lost it, man. He went nuts. I asked him once, WWJD, you know? Like, Jesus wouldn't pee on the living room floor of his rival Realtors' house. But Chaz said Jesus wanted him to be happy, and if I didn't support him, 1 could get out. It wasn't like him."

She sniffles.
"What she said wouldn't hurt so much if it weren't true."
"I know. That insightful bitch. It's so irritating that she's both lethally angry and often right. Don't tell her I said that."

She opens up her tote bags for his inspection. "Do you need to look through this?"
"Did you hide any murder weapons?"
"Just a candlestick, a rope, and a lead pipe. The rest are with Colonel Mustard."
Jake raises his eyebrows. Leo speaks quickly. "Sorry, I make bad jokes when I'm stressed."

Leo pauses, and almost waves, but decides it's time to get her money out of years' worth of therapy: she kisses her mom on the cheek, and walks out.

"This is not..." Chaz attempts to pull his arm back, but Kay
digs her nails in slightly.
"Young man, so help me, I will call your mama." Chaz immediately stills. "Much better.”

Their favorite joke: They'd been smart to change their names years earlier; they might have been born Karens but weren't actually "Karens." Leo-along with Kay's two daugh-ters, Beth and Emily—rolls her eyes every time they make that joke.