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Twister 2021

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’s home from work and needs a drink. He opens the door and finds his wife hanging from the chandelier. Naked. You’re home early, she says.

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Twister 2453

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Never had the expression “the dead of night” been more appropriate. At least she thought so as he snored. I hate when you drink, she sighed.

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Twister 2590

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He listens to her voice, crackling from half a world away, and he feels weak. And then he puts the phone down and begins to clean the house.

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Twister 2757

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And so the dining room became a place of horror. The stench of shame was all around them. Perhaps Naked Dinner was a bad theme, he conceded.

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Twister 3046

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a foodie and a design buff. He spent all his savings redoing their house in the shape of a Chinese takeout box. So his wife left him.

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Twister 3173

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The dishwasher flooded the kitchen. That was the best part of the date. Do you believe in symbols? she said. He knew it was a trick question

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Twister 3428

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They heard rustling in the other room and the fear hit them like a sucker punch, and they held each other, and then the baby started crying.

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Twister 3530

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And on Sunday she said, We’re going to the Steins’ tonight, and he looked at her and fell to his knees and said, I just want my freedom back

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Twister 4

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s the kid’s fault, he says. He says this with a conviction that surprises him. I know it is, she says. But you can’t do anything about it

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Twister 645

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He stepped into the shower to wash the day away. And then the phone rang. He got out, tracking water. And smashed the phone against the wall

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