““The tinny groans of a glow-in-the-dark skeleton were nearly drowned out by the laughter of about two dozen people mingling in the large living room. The only light came from flickering jack-o’-lanterns and gothic candlesticks. Bats fluttered around in a lone lampshade in the corner. A thin woman with a cowboy hat rushed over. “Do you have any napkins? Someone spilled beer all over the buffet table.” Lynn sighed. “Excuse me for a minute.” After two steps, she turned and pointed at Drew. “Don’t go anywhere. You owe me a dance.” Drew raised her brows. “I do?” “I’m the hostess, so I get to dance with whoever I want.””
![“The place Joanne is building inside [herself] has rooms for all of this. Not just rooms. Beautiful ones. For Karl and Jerry and Karen and Nate in his cowboy hat and the hot-tub guy and movie directors and old-lady healers and people trying to love their asses and people who think they're stupid…” quote by Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/117/mary-gaitskill-7551_cowboy-hat_the-place-joanne-is-building-inside-hers_231488.jpg)
