I managed a smile. “Come in,” I said. I wondered how he had got in before, had no recollection of opening the door to him.
What had I said, what kind of state had I been in? I felt my heart start to pound, jittery and anxious.
Had I sworn at him? Had I been naked? Had something terrible happened between us?
I felt the Irn-Bru start to slip from my grasp and it fell on the floor and rolled around.
He picked it up, gripped my elbow in his other hand and guided me to the kitchen.
He sat me at the table and put the kettle on. I should have been offended that he was commandeering my living space,
but instead I felt relief, overwhelming relief at being taken care of.
We sat on opposite sides of the table with a cup of tea and said nothing for a while.
He spoke first. “What the fuck, Eleanor?” he said.
I was shocked to hear the wobble in his voice, as though there were tears lurking there.
I simply shrugged. He began to look angry.
“Eleanor, you were AWOL from work for three days, Bob was really worried about you, we all were.
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