Chapter 12

Of course, a pleasurable “Happy Birthday” is sung by the sober and drunk, thirty candles are extinguished by a breathless yours truly, and the devil’s food cake is sliced and provided. Many yumsand ohhsare shared. The only negative comment I hear is from the cute, but flagrant Jake, who calls the cake, “A lump of disgusting sugar,” and refuses his slice after a single bite, disposing it in the waste basket.