“You’re right.

But maybe I could make the cake I owe you.”

She agreed on the condition that it be chocolate with blue icing, and that nobody sing the birthday song because it was embarrassing when the date was wrong.

Callum sat at the kitchen table reading a recipe while I measured ingredients.

His hands weren’t strong enough to lift the mixing bowl, so Sadie took charge of stirring.

We baked a cake that leaned visibly to one side.