Fully Dressed Husband Asked if He Is Ready to Get Ready to Leave

Al Reddy was standing perfectly still by the front door with his shoes tied, jacket zipped, and car keys gripped in his right hand when his wife asked if he was “ready to get ready to get going soon.”According to hallway sources, he had been holding his position in the foyer for twenty-two minutes. He had already tapped his pockets to verify the existence of his phone and wallet six separate times. To pass the time, he had been reading the manufacturer warning label printed on the inside of the home security panel. His heart rate had settled into a resting meditative state optimized for standing.His wife, Nadia Reddy, walked past him wearing a bathrobe and carrying a sealed jar of exfoliating clay. She paused near the bathroom door, looked directly at her fully assembled husband, and inquired about his timeline for initiating the preliminary stages of preparing to leave.“I saw him standing there holding the doorknob, so I figured I should ask,” Nadia explained. “It is a multi-step…