BurningMonkey
TheMan In TheMirror
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"Do you have to go right now?" he asked, running his hand through his hair in exasperation. He had booked this weekend to try to rekindle some kind of romance; she'd been absorbed by her work for several years, and their love-life had grown first boring and routine, then less and less until it finally ceased altogether.
Book a romantic getaway, the magazines had said. It was a last-ditch desperate attempt on his part. He'd tried the texting during the day: that hadn't worked. He'd tried surprising her, but she never came home, it seemed. He didn't know what else to do. He'd taken to reading women's magazines, trying all of the things they advised to re-spark the relationship, all in vain. She just wasn't interested, and that was that...
The cottage was nice and cozy; the magazines had all said make it cozy. What a laugh, he thought bitterly. It had taken weeks to find the time in her schedule; it had taken weeks to coordinate with the owners. And now, at the last minute, when he finally had begun to hope that finally things might look up, this had happened...
"Oh, I won't be gone long," she said distractedly. "It's not like you'll be here all alone. Ara will be here with you. You can keep each other company while I'm gone, and when I come back we'll have a nice, little family gathering. You'll see." She patted his cheek, but he could tell she was far away, dealing already with briefs, depositions, strategies...
She waved nonchalantly from the steps as he got behind the wheel of her Lexus and roared off.
Book a romantic getaway, the magazines had said. It was a last-ditch desperate attempt on his part. He'd tried the texting during the day: that hadn't worked. He'd tried surprising her, but she never came home, it seemed. He didn't know what else to do. He'd taken to reading women's magazines, trying all of the things they advised to re-spark the relationship, all in vain. She just wasn't interested, and that was that...
The cottage was nice and cozy; the magazines had all said make it cozy. What a laugh, he thought bitterly. It had taken weeks to find the time in her schedule; it had taken weeks to coordinate with the owners. And now, at the last minute, when he finally had begun to hope that finally things might look up, this had happened...
"Oh, I won't be gone long," she said distractedly. "It's not like you'll be here all alone. Ara will be here with you. You can keep each other company while I'm gone, and when I come back we'll have a nice, little family gathering. You'll see." She patted his cheek, but he could tell she was far away, dealing already with briefs, depositions, strategies...
She waved nonchalantly from the steps as he got behind the wheel of her Lexus and roared off.
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