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“Her family stays here.”
I knew that was coming eventually.
Dan answered before I could.
“Yeah. And my apartment looks like my apartment when they leave.”
Greg stopped.
Dan continued.
“Her mom washes her sheets before she goes. Her stepdad takes the trash out even when it isn’t theirs. The little ones put their cereal bowls in the sink.”
“It’s different when you’re here.”
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“No, it isn’t.”
Greg looked at me.
I said, “I didn’t care that you ate our food. I didn’t care that you used the towels. I didn’t even care that you finished the coffee.”
“I didn’t finish the coffee.”
“Great. One mystery solved.”
Dan covered a smile.
I continued.
“I cared that you treated our home like there’d be staff coming in after checkout.”
That landed.
Greg looked at the photographs again.
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His expression changed.
Not completely, but enough.
“I didn’t think it looked that bad.”