It started with the dishes.
“You said you’d do the dishes after dinner,” Kassie said, looking at the sink full of dirty plates.
“I will. I’m just taking a break first.”
“You’ve been on your phone for twenty minutes.”
Daniel looked up from his screen. “Are we really going to fight about this?”
“I’m not fighting. I’m asking you to do what you said you’d do.”
“I said I would and I will. Can you give me five minutes?”
“You said that twenty minutes ago.”
Daniel set his phone down harder than necessary. “Fine. I’ll do them right now.”
“Don’t do them if you’re going to be angry about it.”
“I’m not angry. I just don’t understand why you’re on my case about dishes when I literally just got home from work.”
“You got home two hours ago.”
“And I’ve been with the kids! Playing with Emma, he
