A sentence made the person on the other end pause.
Eve Thompson thought about how she used to tease Anthony Charlie in the past and was about to continue, when she heard the man suddenly speak: "Verbal thanks."
Eve Thompson: ...
Eve Thompson curled her lips and asked, "Are you feeling better today?"
"Yeah."
Eve Thompson: ??
What did "yeah" mean?
She twitched her mouth, looking ahead, then went on to ask, "Then... did you take a shower today?"
His shower yesterday was interrupted by the doctor, and afterward the man said he wouldn't shower today, but would do it tomorrow.
Now finding herself at a loss for words and distracted by other thoughts, she blurted out the question.
But as soon as she asked that, remembering the two of them in the bathroom yesterday, her cheeks immediately turned red. She looked ahead only to hear him calmly say, "I did."
Eve Thompson: ...
Eve Thompson coughed and, unable to resist, asked, "Did you wash cleanly?"
"..."
