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Looking for some Easy-Like-Sunday-Morning reading?
Here's an excerpt from Lisa's Dress - a short story.
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Normally
Will did his own gym laundry; always had. But for some reason I thought I'd do
it for him. I dug past a weight belt, a pair of fingerless gloves, his iPod,
and a combination lock to pull out a couple pairs of shorts, a dingy tee, and
two stained sweat towels. When I tugged at the towels, I caught site of the box
of Trojan Magnums. It wasn't the presence of the condoms that stunned me,
because I'd seen them in his bag before, as they had been there from the time
we dated. I'd believed that Will was true to me and we were exclusive, but I
knew he had a past and was glad to see that he was responsible and cared enough
about himself to protect himself. We'd used condoms occasionally while we dated,
but once I got pregnant with Nikki, we stopped using them all together, even
after Nikki's birth. I knew exactly how many condoms were left in his bag, in a
little black box, wrapped in gold foil. Seven. Each time I randomly checked for
no other reason besides I knew they existed, there'd always been seven. So I
was taken aback that morning when I went to do his laundry, peeked in the box
and only found three...
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2 comments:
Wow! That certainly makes a person want to know more. You are SUCH a TEASE! :-)
BTW, I love the Commodores reference in the post's title. Makes me wish I had a turntable so I could pull out my old records.
Glad you enjoyed it Missy! A great hook is a must! :-)
Easy Like Sunday Morning is definitely a classic - although now it also reminds me of The Cat in the Hat! (The Movie) LOL
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