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I only just managed to herd them out the door

FIONA

Oh god, I’m sorry

It’s so late, you must be exhausted xx

SATOSHI

Speaking of – why are you still up?

Was there a rager at the Fisher family house I wasn’t invited to?

FIONA

The girls insisted they were going to stay up until midnight, but they were already drooping by the 9 pm fireworks, and everyone was well and truly in bed by 10 pm

Including me, but…

SATOSHI

Can’t sleep?

FIONA

No

Matt’s first child support payment is supposed to come through today and I can’t stop obsessively refreshing my bank account

Because if he *doesn’t* pay (very on brand for him), I have a whole new mess to deal with

Anyway. You don’t need to hear about this.

SATOSHI

I *want* to hear about this

You can tell me anything x

FIONA

I know x

Let me rephrase: I don’t want to talk about it

I want to think about it *less*

Ideally, I never want to have to think about it at all

SATOSHI

Can I try and take your mind off it?

FIONA

What were you thinking?

SATOSHI