C41 Shameful Exit

“Are you nuts?” He asked me with wide eyes. “How can you be showering for more than thirty minutes?”

I was confused. “What?”

“This is the east, Babe. We ration our water supply here. Turn off the shower now.”

“For the last time, it’s Jade, not Babe,” I said testily and shut off the water.

“Sorry,” he said sheepishly. “Are you done? I need to wash off too.”

I was too surprised to respond