Holy sheet: The stress of six missed calls

Matilda emerged from her meeting to find not only six missed calls from her mother, but a text message, too: “CALL ME. URGENT.”

Those caps! That brutal punctuation! Her blood chilled. Had there been an accident? A horrible diagnosis? Feeling sick, she called her mother. Her agony was extended as the phone rang and rang until … “Oh darling, you’re too late.”

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Matilda’s knees buckled. ’“Mum, no!”

“Yes, sorry.”

“What’s happened?”

“Well, I was at the shops. Saw that sheet set. On special. Wondered if you still wanted it.“

“Mum, that’s it?”

“… But I’m home now. Sorry.”