One woman’s love triangle between her boyfriend and a geoduck she met on a Port Townsend beach last summer came to a tragic end at the couple’s kitchen table in Edmonds this evening.
Tiffany Ricks said what began as innocent flirting and playful touching with Greg the Geoduck after her boyfriend harvested him unexpectedly turned into something more on the ferry ride back from Kingston.
“When we got home, I told Steve that I wanted to keep Greg as a pet instead of eating him for dinner as planned,” said Tiffany. “He was understanding as usual, but I didn’t have the heart to tell him everything.”
Steve Fallon said he tried to size up what seemed a fishy situation for months.
“It just seemed like all of a sudden I didn’t measure up,” he said. “Tiffany said she needed a lot more alone-time.”
But Steve’s sick day from work last week changed everything.
“With Tiffany finally out of sight, I told Steve everything,” said Greg. “She was basically holding me captive before I even knew what I was getting sucked into. I wanted out.”
When Tiffany arrived at the kitchen table today for dinner, all she found was a goodbye note reading “Gone digging. — Steve & Greg.”
“My life is one big Greek tragedy,” Tiffany sobbed. “How could they do this to me?”
At press time, the pair were at their new pad in Kingston brainstorming a memoir Steve is ghostwriting for his new friend: “How Greg Got His Geoduck Back.”
