Anya shrugged, "Alright, I won't eat then."

Leo chuckled, "You've got a partner now, and wedding bells are in your future. Why stress about staying in shape? Embrace the chub! How about some chocolate?"

Anya just rolled her eyes.

Molly strolled over, "Hey Anya, what's up?"

"Just listening to Chad vent about me."

Molly smirked, "Put it on speaker. I want to hear this nonsense and show him I'm not someone to mess with."

Following her lead, Anya hit the speaker button. Leo chimed in, "Molly, why are you jumping into our little lovers' spat?"

"Because it's not a spat; it's you bulldozing Anya."

Realizing he couldn't win against his cousin, Leo quickly wrapped up the call to settle the bill.

at the apartment, Jerry and Kathy had shown up as expected. Kathy had that sharp, professional vibe, and all the roommates, worried Tony might get the jitters, cleared out to give him

some slick dance moves, and his singing was decent-not quite Grammy-level but good enough to catch an

She glanced

for confirmation, said, "They didn't

few questions

roommates. Tony's a great guy-kind, hardworking, and ambitious. Signing him would

one roommate praised Tony, another jumped in

to come back for questions,

Leo finished his

digging into Jerry's company on his phone, checking

"Seems like

"Well, that

probably won't be back tonight. You can ask us anything." One roommate cut in before

Tony was too

ко

over the phone, "Tony can't lie. If they ask about someone missing, just say

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