After breakfast, I let Shanon volunteer to help me clean our cutlery. Or maybe it would be more correct if I considered my student's actions an attempt at coercion because I was forced to let my girlfriend do work that was not part of her responsibility at all.
"You better sit here and talk with Sister Beth while I'm going to clean up these guys."
She said it while lightly slapping my hand, which was getting ready to collect all our cutlery for me to clean in the kitchen. In addition, she didn't even hesitate to throw a threatening look at me as a sign from her that I wouldn't object to her suggestion.
"All right, all right. You win, I lose. Please help me clean all of these."
"Rest assured, Marleen! I will make sure to do my best to clean all of these for you!"
What did she just say earlier? Did she tell me that she would do her best to clean them for me?
"Okay. Thanks for your help."