Re: John and Mike
"Ha!" Mike roared with laughter. "My mother's cooking was terrible, too. It's been a few decades since I've ate her cooking. One of her problems was being too concerned with taking another drag of her cigarette rather than what was happening in the kitchen." His dad didn't take kindly to his refusal to eat his mother's cooking, but then there wasn't much he did that his dad did take kindly to. At least the abusive bastard was six feet under.
"Sure that sounds like a good idea," he said and motioned for John to lead the way. He tossed the napkin in the trash can as he walked by.