I walk into the shop at 6.15 every morning, and when I leave...

I walk into the shop at 6.15 every morning, and when I leave at 8.03, the house is just… quiet, like a good pot of gravy that's gone cold. The smell of disinfectant from the floorboards is stronger than any dinner ever was.

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