This story is part of the November 26 edition of Good Weekend.See all 15 stories.
Amy cleared away the plates, then returned with a portable karaoke machine.
“Surprise!” she said, and everyone whooped – except Josh, whose sphincter contracted.
Credit: Jim Pavlidis
Escalating dread ruined his dessert, and by the time Amy hit the lights and began proceedings by shamelessly caterwauling I Will Always Love You, he felt embarrassed to be alive.
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After Liv murdered Billie Jean, and Dan managed a not terrible Wonderwall, they rounded on him: “Don’t be a spoilsport, Joshy.”
Hauled to his feet, he looked at them and experienced competing urges: to vomit, to flee – and suddenly, most bafflingly – to sing Let It Go.
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