They Went on a Holiday Cruise and Left Me With a Man They Called a “Problem”

David and Clara finished their tearful goodbyes and their car lights vanished down the street, Thomas and I stood in the hallway in the particular silence of two strangers who have just been left alone together.

“Well,” he said. “That was dramatic.”

“That’s family,” I replied. “Come, I’ll show you your room.”

We ate our first meal at opposite ends of continue reading …