Anat’s big day

Alana took care of Jay on her own. He was stoned and sitting on the hood of her Infiniti. She went nuts. She sprayed him with so much wine and figs. She nailed him in the head with an apple. He fell off the car and hit his head on the pavement. Alana told Tzipora to jump in. She sped away onto the FDR Drive.

Meanwhile, Marc was home having a debate with his friends about who was better Bauhaus or the Sisters of Mercy. This debate has been going on for decades. He and his gang loved them all. Right now, Marc was happy with the Sisters of Mercy. Of course, he knows Peter Murphy speaks to him through his dark tunes. Shavuot was coming up.

Marc and Alana hate cheesecake. So, they decided they would bake brownies. The two went all over town to find brownie mix. No store had it. They wondered if there was a ban on brownies or are other forces at work? Marc knew a guy who had a connection to brownies. He would reach out to him. The two were not one hundred pleased with religion but decided to give the holiday ago. They may not follow it as strictly as others. No one actually knows how it happened. It is all conjecture.

On the other hand, Anat was home baking a big cheesecake filled with raisins. She was going to make salmon and sole. Jerry was helping her bake challah. Like the cake, loaded with raisins it was. She had cheese to serve as an appetizer. She invited Dan’s whole Staten Island family to her penthouse.

Jerry was still eating lots of olives and practicing his “olive powers.” Taller and stronger he was getting. Dan and Jerry were getting along great.
Dan came over first. He said he was going to take Jerry for a walk. Anat was fine with that. It gave her some alone time to finish the meal preparation. She had a few hours to go before she couldn’t turn on the oven. She planned to follow more strictly than Alana and Marc. She got out the fancier plates and utensils and waiting for Dan’s family to arrive.

Dan and Jerry walked back in. Jerry had a big smile on his face and ice cream all over his shorts. Anat just laughed at him. She told him to change. He pouted and said no. She gave in. She figured it was just the craziness of being a mommy.
Dan walked up to Anat. Jerry stood at his side holding his hand.

Dan looked directly into her hazel green eyes. Anat had flour all over her shirt and some wound up in her hair.

Dan smiled. Jerry did the same. Jerry took a small box out of his stained navy Gap shorts. He laughed and smiled as he tossed it like a cutter over to Dan.
You can see where Jerry’s baseball allegiance was going to wind up. Anat would have to live with it.

Dan caught the box and opened it. He was shaking. So was Jerry. At first, Anat was scratching her allergy-affected eyes. She opened them and looked at her two boys. She saw the ring and ran over to Dan. He smiled. He placed it on her finger and asked her to marry him. She started to cry.
Of course, she said yes.