Knight in Shining Suit
“I have one. She cleans when I’m here. But it’s not the same, you know. I want things to be spic and span all the time, and when I’m not here, I want to make sure that… my furniture is tended to, my plants are watered regularly… you know those things.”
“Get a roommate.”
“I don’t know many people in this city,” he said.
“I can tell. Otherwise, you’d have better company for dinner tonight. I guess I was your only choice, huh.”
“Well, what do you know? Sometimes it’s good to pull your hair out or hit your head with a sledgehammer,” he teased.
I reached out and pinched him on the arm.
“Ouch!” he complained, laughing.
“Where do you live here?”
He stared at me for a