It turned out Martha would have to wait until Friday to see Landry’s place. He messaged Martha on Tuesday, the day after making dinner for Martha and Josie, to say that his next few evenings had filled up with student appointments. Impatient as she was, Martha knew it was best to wait until Friday anyway because it would not be a school night. She did not want to arrive to her first class of the day, world literature, the subject with which she was the least familiar, and be overtired, particularly during her first week of teaching. As it turned out her world literature classes required the least effort from her despite being outside her specialization. The standard textbook she was using had come with a teacher’s edition, which included suggested assignments

