Lily's Nails

Every now and again, my wife shocks me. Saturday was one of those days. On a rare afternoon without any responsibilities and with an ayi to look after our daughter for a few hours, Savvy suggested to me that we get a manicure. The two of us.  Together. Now I’ve been known to enjoy the odd pedicure, particularly if it involved a foot massage, but Savvy had a bad experience the last time she went in for a manicure a decade ago. Looking at her graceful and delicately tapered fingers, you wouldn’t notice anything amiss, it’s not like the end of a finger was lobbed off when she got her last manicure, but whatever it was, she swore them off and has been content to care for her own nails at home ever since.

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