The Ex

by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz

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“Is something wrong?” she asked, probably noticing the sudden change in my demeanor.

“Um no. Well yes, sort of…” I stumbled over the words.

“Well?”

“It’s just… those were Elizabeth – my ex-wife’s clothes.”

“Yeah… well if she’s your ex, why do you still keep a box with all her stuff in it? Why didn’t she take it?”

I made my way to the divan and slumped down, taking a huge sigh. “Because she never had the chance.”

Silence filled the room. I wished I could she Marguerite’s face, she her expression. See reassurance to continue. But I didn’t.

“Elizabeth and I were married for just over a year. I’m not sure why she ever married me in the first place. She detested everything about me.

“Finally one day, she came home and told me she had been having an affair for the last 5 months. She wanted a divorce and she was going out of town with him the next day.

“She packed her suitcase and left. She said she’d get the rest later.”

I took another deep breath. “She died the next day in a car accident.”

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Ex

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    Posted 5 months ago

    Ooh, at first I was think death, then nope it’s divorce, then BAM ! Dead. Very effective twist-twist-twist effect in this one. And certainly explains the exquisite difficulty in moving on for our poor fellow here.
    LoA

  2. The Ex

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    Posted 5 months ago

    Ack! She died! What a twist. I wonder who her lover was? Wouldn’t it just be divine if it was John?

  3. The Ex

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    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    lol, Novelle Bardot.
    The ironic thing is, when I commented on the last couple of Ficlets in the series, I presumed Elizabeth was dead, not divorced. And then it turns out that she died anyhow. It strikes me as funny, in a dry sort of way.

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