He always corners you in the kitchen with, “What did you want to talk about?”
Under pressure of expectations and the sizzling stove, your resolve melts like the butter in the frying pan.
You serve him a plate of, “Nothing!” and eat your own heart out with a side salad.
Billie-Leigh Burns is a writer from Liverpool. Her work has been featured by 50 Word Stories, 101 words, Funny Pearls, and The Hooghly Review. She is also a maths tutor and a bookkeeper, making her the only writer she knows who owns an ‘I Heart Spreadsheets’ mug.
