On a living room rug beside a cushion leaking a little stuffing, a white Bull Terrier lies contentedly working at a rubber toy held between his paws, while a Black man in his forties at the table behind him writes in a small notebook, with a clock on the wall showing ten past three.

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Ten Past Three

Your bank statement has news. Tuesday, ten past three: the café downstairs, £4.20. Wednesday, ten past three: the same. Nineteen slices of lemon drizzle this month, and you can’t remember deciding on one. You weren’t hungry. The afternoon had gone flat, and your feet took you there.

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