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“Stay here until you get back on your feet,” I told her.
Andrew agreed immediately.
For the first week, Kayla was an easy houseguest.
She helped with dishes.
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Bought groceries when she could.
Mostly stayed upstairs while she searched for jobs and tried to figure out what came next.
Then came the towel.
The first morning, I assumed she’d forgotten Andrew was downstairs.
She walked through the kitchen after showering with a towel wrapped around her.
Andrew looked awkwardly at his coffee.
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Nobody said anything.
The second time, I pulled her aside.
“Could you put on a robe before coming downstairs?”
Kayla blinked.
“Why?”
“Because Andrew’s usually in the kitchen.”
“He’s your husband, Amanda. Not a teenage boy.”
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“I know.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
“It makes me uncomfortable.”
She stared at me like I’d presented her with an unsolvable math problem.
Then shrugged.
“Fine.”
Except the next morning, she did it again.
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And again.
Then came the coffee filters.
Andrew was sitting at the kitchen table when Kayla walked in wearing the same towel.
She opened the cabinet.
The filters were on the top shelf.
“Andrew, can you get those for me?”
He looked at the cabinet.
Then at her.
Then picked up his coffee and walked out.
Kayla watched him leave.
“What is his problem?”
I closed the cabinet she’d left hanging open.
“You’re his problem.”
