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My voice was a dullhi fro in his children’s nursery that I would take the road less traveled I won’t interfere in his life

I will disappear from his life as easily and as cleanly as he had disappeared fro out into the night, but I wasn’t fast enough to avoid hearing his wife’s epithet, “bitch!” I didn’t even so e

“Lauren that’s enough, what’s gotten into you?” I closed the door softly behindmy winter coat around my shoulders as I started the walk to my home The door opened behind me, and he called out

“It’s a bit dark out, wait a minute, and I’ll walk you home” I didn’t look back when I refused his offer “That won’t be necessary, thanks” The stupid tears followed me all the way home

Lauren was like a woman possessed In fact, she’d become obsessed For days after, she’d pepperthe wohborhood about her in subtle discrete ways

I puther on social et asto be babysitting our kids”

I knew she was full of shit because that night of the party, when she was riding ain sworn that she would never allow the girl past our door

“Do you wanna knohat I found out about her?”

“Not necessarily no” I kept going over the design I orking on

“Liar, you think I didn’t notice that night? You’ve never fuckedof her, weren’t you? You were fuckingit was that bitch”

She threw so at me, which thankfully bypassed my head as I stared at her in open-mouthed amazement Should I even answer her asinine accusation? I just shook n

“See, you can’t even deny it” It was the tears thatme, I hated to see her cry There wasn’t an ounce of truth to what she was saying though; was there?