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

around the room as if searching for evidence of whatever disaster he had been bracing for.

“You two redecorated,” he said slowly. “Together.”

“Yes,” I said.

“Since when do you redecorate with strangers?” he asked, half-joking, half-lost.

Thomas moved closer, his cane tapping softly. “We thought it would be good practice,” he said.

“For what?” Clara asked.continue reading …