Can’t Sleep

January 28, 2009 at 6:28 am (Grant) (, , )

Rain pattered on the tiled roof, dripping over the edge, pooling on the floor.

Lightning flashed in the distance.

One second, two, three… crash, about a mile away.

She felt her husband turn over in his sleep beside her, but she couldn’t sleep.

She hadn’t slept since he told her.

By Grant

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Leaving

January 11, 2009 at 2:00 pm (Grant) (, )

“You’re leaving..”

He said it more as a statement.

“I’ve gotta go, it’s just not working for us…”

He didn’t look as if he believed me, but no wonder there.

“Where’re you going?”

“I don’t think I should tell you that.”

“I think you should..”

“Away, just away.”

“With him?”

By Grant

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Saying Goodbye

December 8, 2008 at 4:59 am (Monarch) (, , , )

Talking for hours, we finally concluded the discussion, painful and embarrassing for us both.

Finally I said goodnight, put down the phone.

Looked at my mother and she nodded approvingly.

Divorce is a painful thing, disowning someone can be crushing! But both?

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What Happened?

October 3, 2008 at 10:54 pm (Grant) (, , , , )

Married for six years. Happy for three. Indifferent for two. Enemies for one.

He looked at her across the lawyer’s shiny table, the papers dividing up their property scattered between them.

“How’d we get here, babe?”

For a second, tears filled her eyes, and she looked away.

“I don’t know.”

By Grant

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