The Plus-One AgreementDreamworld Originals
The Plus-One Agreement
Clara and her neighbour Jamie agree to attend two family weddings as friends. Then a job offer in Glasgow makes them ask what they want from each other once the invitations run out.
From the story
Clara wiped the paint off the tip of her little finger. The board in front of her was a commission for a theatre, an instruction to keep a fire door clear, and by a small miracle she was being paid by the word. She had put the letters close enough together to make them look like they belonged to a single thought. That was generally the difference between a sign you read and a sign you looked through.