Chapter 31: Horace
He felt himself hurrying, but then checked his phone and saw he had plenty of time to get to work.
He had washed up and gotten ready, then hesitantly went to the sofa. He’d kissed Acedia on the forehead, hesitated, then kissed her on the lips and told her his plan for the others. She said she was too tired to tell them, so he scoffed, feeling stupid, then knocked on the other rooms and told them through the closed door what to do. He got some mumbled acknowledgements so he left them there.
Back at Zillions, he unlocked the shop, then started the morning preparations. Martha arrived and they said ‘good morning’ cordially, then gave her the morning’s tasks. She carried on with everything. Then George came too, threw the entire task list on the table and started doing hi
