She knows how sensitive he is about Tovi, his first daughter, and her… issue
That morning, in the blessed quiet between eight thirty and nine, Shua delicately asks Nechami why she has so few hours of work to report recently. He’s preparing her monthly invoice for
her main current employer, Gunter Architects.
“Because of the phone calls,” she says. “Every morning now, I’ve been spending time on the phone, and of course I deduct them from my work hours. If it’s not my sister Chaya about not wanting the shidduch, it’s Gedalya with his take on the situation, or it’s Dudi…”
“Nechami, it’s fine,” Shua says. “Whatever hours you work is perfectly okay. I just wanted to be sure the numbers here are correct.”
The numbers are correct. And they’re low.
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