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

“We let him stew.”

“Excellent,” he murmured. “You learn quickly.”

We spent the rest of the afternoon in a conspiratorial companionship I hadn’t expected and couldn’t quite account for. He showed me how to hang curtain fabric so it would fall in a proper straight line. I taught him to make apple crumble from memory and feel, not a recipe card. He measured continue reading …