Chapter 5
Leo’s list was hilarious.
No, it really wasn’t. It was sad.
Maybe both at the same time. The things Leo had written down were so…mundane. Maybe that was why losing them was like losing oneself, Eeli wondered. They were part of your life all the time, so tightly you had to pay special attention to notice they exist.
Home-made pizza, Eeli wondered. That’s Leo, getting his jollies from Eeli’s ineptitude. Surely, it could be fun to ruin Leo’s kitchen.
“My gran used to say only a madman laughs by himself,” Leo said. He was back in the foyer, had come from the bathroom. They started pulling on their coats. “What was that about?”
“Nothing…Only that you are naïve enough to assume I can bake.”
“Ha! I’m certain about that. May I remind you that you’re an engineer? If there is a manu
