Welcome! This week's word prompt is "silly." Again, we have an excerpt from Sandy & Rafe: Second Place Heart. Scroll down to return to Tuesday Tales and the great stories there. Thanks for coming!
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Once the second apartment was almost
finished, her fiancé cooled. His late nights became the norm. They stopped
eating dinner together. Sex slowed down to once a week, if that. When she took
his white shirts to the laundry, she detected a faint, but distinct, sweet scent
that was not Lyle’s aftershave.
Sandy dredged up every justification imaginable.
Eventually, she stopped believing her own mantra. Desperate, she called her
brother. After rattling off a list of Lyle’s offenses, she waited.
“What do you think?” She chewed her lip.
“The guy’s definitely fooling around.”
“Really?” Her voice dropped.
“I can’t hide the truth from you, sis.”
“Really?” she asked again, hanging on to one
last shred of hope.
“You don’t want me
to lie, do you?”
“No, no, of course not.”
“Do you care?” her brother asked.
“What?”
“Do you love this guy?”
She hesitated. Had she ever loved him or had
she simply fallen in love with the picture he’d painted of the future?
“I don’t know.”
“At least you’re being honest. If you
don’t love him and he’s being a douche, leave. Don't be silly. You’re not married.”
“Don’t you think we should try to work it
out?”
“Why,” Bill asked.
“To save our relationship?”
“What relationship? He used you to fix up
his house and get him tons of free publicity. If there’s a relationship there,
I’m a kangaroo.”
Love it, especially the last line. Well done,
ReplyDeleteAs much as we know...we still want to hope that we're wrong.
ReplyDeleteLoved the "...I'm a kangaroo."