The origin of this short story is a bit strange, even for me. When I sent it to my daughter to read I wrote
… I woke up this morning with the first phrase of this story in my head and then I ran the dialogue along as I lay in bed… and then I lay around and then ran the same few sentences …. and then I lay around and then I thought I should get up and write them down. Then I wondered where these few sentences were going. So, I wrote a bit and as I went (a bit like how the story goes)…
Well, it is short and it may be something you could read as you are heading for bed.