That was his first question.
He swung the camera around the living room.
“Where is everything? Claire, you can't just empty the house because we had one bad night.”
One bad night.
I looked at the phone and waited for him to ask how Nora was doing.
Instead, he said, “You need to fix this, and fast.”
One bad night.
“Fix what?”
“The house. Martin and his wife are coming to dinner tomorrow.”
“Your boss?”
“Yes. The presentation went great, and this could be really important for me.”
So that was why he'd called. He wasn't worried about his baby.
His boss was coming over, and suddenly the empty house was an emergency.
“You want me to come back and make the house look normal for your boss.”
“The house. Martin and his wife are coming to dinner tomorrow.”
“I want you to stop overreacting and come home.”
“And cook dinner.”
