NOW
‘Taking ten seconds to describe the washing-up is necessary, is it?’ Marianne asks.
‘Aunty Sam and I had this whole conversation where she said I was fixating on Felix’s death to avoid grieving for him and having to process the complex nature of our relationship. It was a nice moment,’ I say.
‘Skip to the end.’
‘But I told Aunty Sam I’d drop it and then almost immediately betrayed her trust. How are you going to appreciate my emotional arc if I skip this scene?’
‘The CliffsNotes version is fine,’ Marianne says.
‘It won’t make any sense if I don’t tell you the next bit.’
‘What’s the next bit?’
‘When we went to see Adam.’
‘The Maybe Affair guy? What did he tell you? Was he the affair guy?’
‘Yes,’ I say, ‘but not quite how we thought.’