Category: after
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The Day Therapy Ended
I listened to you as you told me about your year-long affair with Heather. I believed you when you said you were sorry, that I was the only one for you, that you were back. I comforted you, and then I called the marriage counselor and made us an appointment. I listened again as you…
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Damnit
I had to drive by the back of the mall today on my way to get my new driver’s license. The back of the mall is where I told Heather I knew about what she had been doing with my husband. It’s where I told her to tell her husband to lay off the threats…
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Red-Flag Shoes
Wingtip “I would be livid if some other woman sent my husband a gift like that.” That’s what my friends said, when I mentioned to any of them that Heather had sent my husband a pair of wingtip shoes. I’d explain how I don’t think like that. I’d say “They were meant to be for…
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The Fence
When I take the dog for a walk, I almost always pass the fenced off dry stream down the street. I hardly ever used to notice it. But now I know that is where she left you coffee and notes and gifts. That’s where you snuck off to, running through the forest to get her…
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Too Big
In high school, I wrote about him for an English assignment. After years of being bullied, and called out for being fat, I was somehow able to believe him when he told me I was beautiful. Not only that, I was able to write about it and read it out loud in front of my…
Slices of Betrayal 