He turned off the TV. Come here, he told her, but she did not move. He got up, slowly. I’m going to bed, he said. She turned the TV back on.
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T 5025
The kids are in bed. He burps and says, I feel fat. She puts the last cup in the dishwasher. That’s because you are, dear, she says, warmly.
T 5004
He watched the rise of the waters. Soon the river would lick his house. He missed his wife. Without her, there was no point in being a hero.
T 4996
A lifetime spent fishing. He couldn’t wash off the stink. And his body hurt, but he kept at it. Because his wife was never a morning person.
T 4982
He expends so much energy hating her therapist he has none left for helping around the house. You’re therapist is so brilliant, he tells her.
T 4977
He read the email confirming the wedding date and reached for the whiskey. I saw that, she said from across the room. Ominously, he thought.
T 4865
He hadn’t felt well recently. He blamed it on her cooking which he thought she took the wrong way especially after he started feeling worse.
T 4862
The kids walked in on them, it was bound to happen, except now she just can’t, no way, They came out of me, she says, and he says, At least.
T 4848
His son ran naked through the house. The guests stopped talking for a moment. That boy’ll be bigger than his father in a week, someone said.
T 4846
He wanted to burn the leaves. Even though it wasn’t an officially sanctioned leaf burning day. That’s how angry he was about his cable bill.
