Monday morning: I know she’s wrong.

Tuesday: I think she’s wrong.

Wednesday: I ask my workmate, “She’s wrong, no?”

Thursday: I cook pan-roasted salmon, wait for her.

Friday: “Are you still angry, Baby?”

Saturday: “Sorry. I knew I was wrong.”

Sunday: We drive to the beach, curl up under stars.

Mandira Pattnaik is an Economics graduate who lets her degree gather dust while she word-weaves. Some of those pieces have made their way into Spelk, Lunate, Gasher, Star82, and fiftywordstories. She tweets @MandiraPattnaik.