"Let me know when you plan on arriving. I'll come get you."

"No thanks. I'll rent a car."

"Why are you being so difficult?"

"Well, I can still skip it."

"Can't you make an effort to get along and be pleasant?"

"Sure, to the same extent you girls did for me."

"Ray, please don't be so hateful."

"Fuck it. Forget it!" I hang up.

She immediately calls again and I reluctantly pick it up on the fifth ring.

"Ray, please?"

"I'll come out to farm Thursday afternoon to get details. Anything else?"

"Could you call mom and let her know you'll be there?"

"This number or a different one?"

"Slightly...