Snakes and Ladders

When we got back it was raining and Ulrika had died.

My housemate has bought a kitten and called him Ahab after the character in Moby-Dick. Ahab is the tyrannical captain of a whaleship, apparently. I've never read the book,

I keep those thoughts tucked away in the orange folder that I stole from work, wrapped in a Bag for Life hidden at the bottom of my top drawer, snug beneath my underpants.