He arrives with official paperwork and a straightforward mission: to collect a long-overdue tax payment. She reassures him that there's no cause for concern—the money is on its way, and a friend should be arriving any minute. So, he decides to wait. Minutes stretch into an hour, her excuses grow more inventive, and the expected arrival never materializes. What starts as a routine collection visit gradually turns into an uncomfortable test of patience. With nothing else to do but engage in conversation, they both end up distracted in unexpected ways. The longer the delay drags on, the more challenging it becomes to focus on paperwork, numbers, and professional duties. As the afternoon slips by, the question shifts from whether the money will arrive to why neither of them seems in a hurry for the visit to conclude. Sometimes, the most intriguing debts have nothing to do with money.

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