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

minutes. David, three times in a row. I let each call go to voicemail.

“They’re panicking,” Thomas observed over his tea.

“Good,” I said. “Maybe they’ll think before arranging our lives the next time.”

He raised his cup. “To mutual respect,” he said. “And to the elderly, who are apparently still capable of scheming.”

We clinked our mugs together like conspirators continue reading …