“Hey, Charles…” her voice drifted off, that awkward way she always started out in some apologetic way when she knew she didn’t have to do this anymore. The wounds felt fresh but she was long gone. “Just calling to check in on you… I haven’t heard from you in a couple of weeks. Call me back sometime so we can catch up. You know I’m sorry about…things, and just…not having stayed in touch like we should.”
Yeah, sounds like an idea that isn’t going to happen, Marie. Maybe you should have considered how I’d feel when you decided to up and leave our family for someone twice your age after being with me for nearly twenty years, you stupid–
My thoughts were interrupted when I felt the packaging to the DVD in my hand again, and decided she wasn’t worth the time out of my night. Sighing, I realized this was harder to get through than I thought it was going to be originally. Nonetheless, I wasn’t too tired with my life to take that DVD and walk into my bedroom, close the door like somebody was watching, and awkwardly thrust it into the DVD player while simultaneously losing my pants.
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