“I left the room before I could figure out exactly what bothered me about his response. Was it the way it seemed to assume a future for the two of us? A future in which I would continue to be unable to leave this house? Was it the presumption that I was making a cake for him when, really, I had no idea why I was making a cake at all?” RelationshipsFutureMetaphorAssumptionTrappedAlexandra KleemanIntimations Book:Intimations: Stories Source: Intimations: Stories