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“Should we have drinks on the lawn first for a bit and then bring the hors-d’oeuvres out? Or just bring them out at the same time?”
Lewis Greenbridge wasn’t listening as he stared blankly out the window at two magpies dancing up and down a power line.
“Babe!” elbowed his bride-to-be.
“What do you think?!”
His mind came back into the fourth-floor office the three of them were lounging in.
“At the same time. People will be hungry,” he said slowly.
But that was the wrong answer.
The wedding planner sat opposite Lewis and Amanda Redpath sighed and pursed her lips.
Just before the planner was able to speak, Mandy explained to the idiot that some people might miss out on hors d’oeuvre if his ‘fat family’ made it there first and ate them all before everyone was there.
He said she was right and agreed with her opinion of what was going to happen.
Mandy smiled and patted him on the back while the wedding planner took down some notes.
They both knew he didn’t really care, they just wanted his nod in case it all went to shit later on down the track so they’d have somebody else to share the blame.
And he’s OK with that, he says.
Earlier this afternoon, young Lewis stood with our reporter in the line for the SlingShot ride at the Rue Putain Jardin Fête in the French Quarter.
The 28-year-old was alone and he had a mild buzz going.
“Yeah man, it’s true,” he said – rolling a cigarette in plain-sight of children with wealth-related gluten allergies.
“I just go in there and agree with everything. But you know, it’s not like I’m really paying for any of this shit. Like, her old boy is spending big on this whole shebang. She’s getting a flower wall that my dumbass cousins are just going to have to throw in a dumpster like an hour after the whole thing’s over,”
“Call me crazy but I’d rather the old bastard get us a new Falcon or something? You know? Anyway, do you want to come with me on the SlingShot? I’m too scared to go by myself.”
Our reporter did ride with the bloke and held his hand the whole time.
He left soon after without providing any context as to why he was there.
More to come.
