LIKE A GREEK TRAGEDY
"Grandmother?"
"Cancer."
"Grandfather?"
"Cancer."
"*Both* of them?"
"Yep."
"Really?"
"Unfortunate coincidence, huh?"
"Well, what about your aunt?"
"Slipped, hit her head, drowned in the pool."
"Your uncle?"
"Car accident. Decapitated."
"Ew. Um, childhood best friend?"
"Struck by lightening."
"Pet goldfish?"
"Overfed by the house-sitter."
"The dog?"
"Choked on a squirrel."
"…"
"Yeah, we didn't see that one coming either."
"Josh, is there anyone in your family who *didn't* meet a tragic end?"
"Well, my great-uncle died peacefully in his sleep at the age of ninety-two."
"I guess that's something."
"Of course, he thought he was Julius Caesar at the time."
FIN