28.04.2020
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John glanced at the clock on the wall. It was nearly 6 in the evening, and Gina, his beautiful bride, was expected home shortly. He placed a bookmark in his novel and rose to check on dinner. He could hear the pasta happily bubbling away on the stove. Moving towards the oven, he flicked on the oven light and bent down to look at the pork roast that was slowly cooking its way to perfection. John and his wife had one rule for their marriage: The one who does the cooking gets to control the events of the evening for the same amount of time as it takes that person to make the meal.
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26.11.2019
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I feel that you reach a certain stage in your life when you feel like, and need, a change. I suppose that is what happened to us. Sally and I had both reached our late forties and our children had flown the nest and left home for college. Our life was reasonably content, we loved each other, we had a nice house and both had good professional jobs which paid well.
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05.09.2019
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Now. I stand under the needling hot spray until the water starts to cool, and shut it off, and push the wide glass door open to release billows of steam. Drip and splash across the wide marble floor and wipe a clear circle on the mirror with a thick white towel. Behind me the sun is trying, and failing, to pierce the overcast. Not likely in February.
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12.06.2019
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Everything was almost done and boy, was I thankful. It had been such a busy day! You see, I'd moved earlier that day...my first new apartment on my own after my divorce. My phone was already hooked up and my power was on, now all I needed was cable...well, that and a shower. Who knew when they would show up, though.
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29.12.2018
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"Come on. Tell me!"
"Nooo," April whined as she walked past me, leafing through the plastic wrapped costumes hanging from the wall. "And stop asking me."
"Fine," I conceded, turning back and selecting a skimpy school girl outfit from a nearby rack. "How about this one?"
"Ummm," she said, eyeing my chosen costume with sceptical reluctance. "That's a little too slutty."
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19.03.2017
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On Caitlin's thirtieth birthday, she woke to find a letter on her husband's pillow.
"Open at 10 AM," it said.
She looked at the clock. It was 8:15.
She looked back at the envelope, and considered it.
If she opened it now, there was absolutely no way Richard could know. Right?
As logical as that seemed, Caitlin didn't trust that. Richard had a way of knowing these things.
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