34-In his head

Their flat was a one bedroom flat. They had an open planned kitchen. The kitchen was small and the sitting room was clustered. The couch and sofa too close to the coffee table. Their TV was small, an old make. There was dirty dishes on their kitchen counter.

“It was your man’s turn to do the dishes yesterday.” Uma said when he noticed me staring at the kitchen counter. “You can have a seat.”

I squeezed between the couch and sofa and then took a seat on the couch.

“I’ll be back now.” Uma told me, entering the room and quickly coming back out.

“Uhm, I know in your country, when someone visits, you are supposed to offer them alcohol but unfortunately Dan and I don’t drink.”

I smiled politely. “I’m actually good.”

“No, I can go buy it downstairs. There is a liquor store righ