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A week's itinerary laid out day by day beside the Sunday-night message that asked for it.

The enquiry came in Sunday. The itinerary went out Thursday.

A van on a road, with two of three turnings marked closed and one open.

You drove an hour for someone who was never going to buy

One class register drawing bookings in from a phone, an app and a paper list at once.

Half the class booked online. The other half texted you.

A calendar date circled with a form sitting unfiled beside it.

The filing date was yesterday

A phone with a call list beside a dripping pipe and a spreading puddle.

You spent your Saturday finding a plumber

An empty proposal document late at night with tomorrow's deadline on the calendar.

The proposal is due tomorrow and it's still a blank page

A workshop bench with a ringing phone on it, a raised car behind.

You're under a car and the phone won't stop

A single low-star review card with a calm written reply appearing beneath it.

That one-star review has been sitting there nine days

A plated dish with its ingredient label held up beside it, the question answered at the pass.

"Is there gluten in the sauce?" — and you're mid-service

A contract with an empty signature line and a calendar behind it.

The contract has been "about to be signed" for two weeks

A lit message outside a cottage with every window dark, beside a key safe.

The 2 a.m. "how do I get in?" message

A stack of finished job sheets in a van door pocket, none of them billed yet.

The job's finished. The invoice isn't.