Only dish-washing was available but he needed the summer job. He wanted to meet her.

So what if she was on exchange too? Or that she might think him a nobody?

A lifetime together was worth that summer of dishes, even if she wanted him to always be their dishwasher.

Joey doesn’t mind washing the dishes as long as she recognizes his cooking as a sign of affection rather than treating it as convenient “free food”. Either way, you can visit him at joeytoey.com.