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KAI:By the way, Obi isn’t my boyfriend. We’re just seeing each other.

MATT:But do you want him to be your boyfriend?

KAI:Yes, I do. I really do.

Sunday: Fear of Missing Out—Mum’s Market Stall

I’m confused as I see Vass, Jenny, and Obi

walking toward me.

“?λα, Βασιλι? μου!” says Mum,

before I have a chance to speak.

“?λα,” Mum says again,

darting to the front of the trestle table.

“Μ?να μου! It’s so good to see you!”

She squeezes Vass.

“Καλησπ?ρα, Θε?α Ιρ?να,” says Vass, breathless.

“It’s good to see you, too.”

Jenny and Obi watch,

as if this is the cutest thing they’ve ever seen.

Mum releases Vass and acknowledges them:

“Jenny and Obi, isn’t it?”

“Well remembered, Irína,” says Obi.

I laugh and ask Obi: “Have you three

been hanging out without me?”

“We met up at the station,” says Obi,

“and came straight here to see you.”

“You know I’m working today,” I say

as I make my way round to the front of the table.

“I can spare you for an hour or two,” says Mum.

“As long as you come back to help me pack up.”

I wanna spend as much time

with Vass as possible

and today there’s the added

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