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Click here"Is there nothing we can say to change your mind?"
"I don't think so. Over these past few months I have built a new life with new friends, some of them female. Two of those female friends impressed on me the importance of closure. That is why I had my lawyer contact her."
"You've been great in-laws. If you knew things earlier, maybe you could have convinced her to talk with me before I left. Anyway, give her my regards and best of luck in her future. I'll always have some love for her, but not enough and not the kind that would make me want to live with her."
"We're so sorry that it has come to this. We'll give her your message. Take care, drop us a note from time to time, let us know how you are doing."
Another 2 months passed when my lawyer contacted me. My wife agreed to a divorce on condition that we meet face to face. I didn't want to sit in the same room as her. It wasn't that I hated her, or even that I didn't like her. It was that even if I still had some feelings for her, she was not the person I originally married. I did not want to have any relationship with her.
I agreed to meet face to face and iron out the final details of the divorce. My only condition was that I would be on Skype, Zoom, or other video platform. I didn't want to spend the time, energy and costs to drive back to the place we had hoped to build a home for both of us.
After a series of messaging back and forth, she finally agreed.
I took a Wednesday off from work and prepared my home computer for the meeting with my wife and the lawyers.
It took several tries to get the communications working the way I want. I could see both lawyers and my wife. My wife looked good, real good. It was such a shame that whatever was bothering her, whatever her reasons were, she couldn't talk to me, then.
"OK, you are looking beautiful as always," I said to Jane. "You wanted this face to face meeting, so I guess you should start."
"First I want to say that I am sorry we got to this point. I only stopped speaking to you so that your guilt would force you to confess that you cheated on me. I thought that if I didn't say anything you would eventually understand that I knew what you did. You told my parents that you never cheated, but I have it from a reliable source that you did."
"I know," I said, "that you don't have any real proof, because I didn't do anything. Whatever you think you know is word of mouth. If you have pictures, ask the lawyers nearby, if those pictures show cheating of any kind. I think you took someone's word after he or she worked their way into your confidence. I also think that when our divorce is finalized he or she will take advantage of you. I don't know who or how, but he or she will pressure you into doing things you'll later regret."
"If I accept that you are telling me the truth, is there any chance of us getting together?" Jane asked.
"Our relationship, or lack of it, has gone too far. We can't go back to what we had before you stopped speaking to me or believing something about me from someone else. I've met some other ladies that are more interesting to me than you are."
"Are you seeing them?"
"It is really none of your business at this point. But yes, and they talk to me about everything, even about whether I was still seeing or desired you. They believe me when I say no."
"So there is no hope?" she asked as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"No. Anything else before we let the lawyers do their thing?"
"I want you to know I never stopped loving you. I cry each night when I get into bed and look at the side you slept on. Whatever you do and wherever you are, remember, I will always love you."
"And the sex?" I asked.
"I have only you to compare. I guess I'll find out in the future."
"Remember what I said. Whoever put those thoughts in your mind has an ulterior motive. Be careful. They've already made you do things you would never have normally thought of. They may have you doing things you would never have dreamt about. I love you, take care,"
We gave final directions to our lawyers, then I signed off.
Because I refused to travel back to the city Jane lived in, it took 6 months for the divorce to be finalized. After it was finalized, I thought I was living with a clean slate, but it was not to be.
I was divorced, more than a year after Jane stopped speaking to me. That's when I started getting phone calls with no one at the other end.
"Hello, hello, hellooo. Is anyone there?" No answer.
When it started happening on a regular basis, I became concerned.
"Open ended" stories can be successful but it requires the tale to be written in a way that engages the reader, drops hints of possible avenues, etc. This one has SO many holes the structure couldn't support itself. Not speaking to someone entails non verbal expressions of anger, distrust, disgust, contempt. How could the parents "not know" the extent of the issue? NOBODY in their circle could so much as hint about the root issue? If his supposed crime was so egregious, wouldn't the others in their circle shun him also? How could she be surprised at a split with all the requests to talk or warnings of the collapse of the relationship? I believe the other commenters are mistaken. You can't have an ending of any sort if there's no narrative to begin with
Special place in hell for writers that pull this kind of shit. Enjoy your time there
up until the last 5 or 6 sentences it was an interesting story.
I have a question for the author,,,, why spend all the time thinking of and writing a story that had no ending. As far as the platform you use to write your neve ending story I am not sure why this platform allows that type of story writing. Sadly your effort just wasted the 30 minutes i took to read it.
Sorry but my rating of a 1 was even more then i wanted to offer as an opinion.
Best of luck on your future stories.
Started reading and was about to drop it; but saw that it was only two pages, so I decided to read it to conclusion hoping something of substance would come of it ... it didn't
Wow. That was incredibly stupid. Could have been a great story, without the inane repetition of the point, and the inane ending.
Where's the end?? This has the potential to be a great story, but since there is no end, it is only a good story.
It was a very good story, even tho the idiot husband put up with her silent treatment much too long. After a few months at the most, especially with others seemingly knowing the reason why, it's a "talk to me, bitch, tell me what's wrong, or I'm outta here, then see the lawyer for the divorce. To wait 5 months is absurd.
Not to be outdone, the story ended with him getting crank calls, but nothing further. Either finish it with what happened OR leave it when it took 6mo for the divorce to be finalized.
Either way, the wife's a moron for doing what she did & listening to somebody that's likely not all that reliable or trustworthy. I suspect she'll find out from that guy, perhaps with her parent's prodding, that he made up the entire thing to get her in bed. That would cause her mental problems, she'd get depressed, & wonder why the hell she ever gave her loving husband the silent treatment.
Anyway, I was going to rate this a 4, but with the lack of finishing the story, a 2. Bob
WHAT STORY????? Stories have, at least, a beginning and an end! What the hell kind of writer do you claim to be!
Really enjoyable story I think I would have kicked up a stink well before he did
I especially like that you've left it so you can leave it as a stand alone story or add to it if you want
Which I think you should do
Fascinating. Kafkaesque. I would have preferred no resolution or reason be given.
Interesting, you capture his total confusion very well. The situation feels unrealistic but, hey, if realism matter the LW section would be almost empty. I agree with the commentator who said that it should have ended with "We gave final directions to our lawyers, then I signed off.". The last bit leads towards an unnecessary future story and breaks the very effective tight focus you have written so well for the rest of your story. I enjoyed it, it provoked some thought, thank you for posting it.