You dug yourself into this hole. Now you have to deliver.
[She says it in the way a mother might say "you made this mess, now clean it up," with no trace of humor. There's no sign, except for the sign of her commentary, that she wants the distraction.
She pauses a long while before answering.]
I would like for someone to.
[There is a world of difference between 'need' and 'want,' but the difference feels less when what one wants is available. She has lost enough now to admit it.]
no subject
[She says it in the way a mother might say "you made this mess, now clean it up," with no trace of humor. There's no sign, except for the sign of her commentary, that she wants the distraction.
She pauses a long while before answering.]
I would like for someone to.
[There is a world of difference between 'need' and 'want,' but the difference feels less when what one wants is available. She has lost enough now to admit it.]