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Box
‘What’s in the box?’
She barely lifts her head.
‘What box?’
‘On the wardrobe.’
‘Nothing.’
‘Okay, I’ll toss it.’
‘Leave it.’
‘An empty box? Why?’
‘It’s not doing anything.’
‘Then what’s the point?’
Now she looks at me.
‘Are you after an argument?’
‘What? No! I just wondered…’
‘Don’t. It doesn’t suit you.’
‘I was going to put this suitcase up there.’
No answer.
‘But there’s no room unless…’
‘Just leave the suitcase.’
‘It takes up a lot of space…’
‘Not for long.’
She pulls clothes from the wardrobe, rams them into the case.
‘I’ll take the box too,’ she says.
Yikes, that seemed abrupt, but I gotta think it was just the last straw.
Short and – definitely not sweet.
Excellent showing of 2 people talking past each other.
He didn’t know when to quite did he.
That one was just waiting for an opening! Bye bye!!
Masterfully rendered, this spiralling domestic