My sister makes a massive bowl of tuna salad and keeps it in the fridge for a whole week. I usually won’t touch it after day three. How long is tuna salad actually safe to eat?”
That’s how the conversation started—just a casual text I sent to my sister, Peregrine. She’s always been the meticulous one. Every leftover labeled, soups frozen in perfect portions, pantry items lined up like a store display. Me? I’m the opposite. Always a little chaotic, never sure where I’d be on a Friday night. But for the last six months, I’d been living with her after losing my job at an ad agency.
Peregrine had been nothing but patient. She never nagged me about rent or cleaning. She just quietly picked up the pieces—both in the apartment and in my life. We didn’t talk much about my unemployment, and I pretended everything was okay. She pretended to believe me.
When I texted about the tuna salad, she replied instantly: “Technically, it’s good for 3–5 days. But if it smells weird, throw it out.” Then she added, “Are you okay?”
I almost told her the truth—that I’d spent the last three days on the couch, watching old basketball games, paralyzed by the thought of updating my résumé. But I couldn’t bring myself to say it. Instead, I sent a thumbs-up emoji.
That night, I stood in front of the fridge, poking at the tuna salad with a fork. It was definitely past day three. But something about eating it anyway felt… appropriate. Like I was spoiling on the inside too. Why not eat something that matched?
Just then, Peregrine came home earlier than expected. She caught me mid-sniff, bent over the bowl like a raccoon.
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