Penny sniffed before answering, her voice still quiet and uncertain.
"I...I don't know, I think maybe I'd rather see the Western."
Betsy's voice turned incredulous and she gave a half mocking laugh. "Seriously? You're kidding right? A shoot-em-up? I mean I had no idea that you liked westerns."
Penny pressed her lips together and looked to her husband, sitting cross legged on their old carpet amongst the trash and garbage he allowed to accumulate around him, completely absorbed in his video game as he furiously manipulated the controller. And then she looked back to the image on her computer screen, of Jason and his perfect little family standing happily in front of their gorgeous home.
There was a deep sense of melancholy with a touch of sentimentality in her voice when she answered, a tone that was pregnant with regret.
"Betsy, it's not...it's not that I like Westerns," Penny choked out. "It's...it's that I really, really hate romantic comedies."
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Pretty funny story
But just off a little bit. Still in the wrong category since he was never married. And you swapped in Penny's name too early. You had Penny at the rehearsal dinner laughing about what Gail had done. Oops! My biggest problem was that Gail used their special dinner to gain some childish revenge on a former lover. Had she really loved Jason she would have known what effect having her ex-lover at their dinner would do to Jason. You simply don't do those types of things to your partner. That's not clever. It's self serving, manipulative and childish. Maybe, just maybe, if she had talked to Jason and explained her plan. But why would you do it under those circumstances? Well written story. Bad story line with really unlikable people.more...
Nice 4*
But it doesn't do for me like the first chapter.
Karma
is a bitch......
Solid second part
I would have liked to see Jason not be quite so ok with the Trevor prank.
Lordslamdawg - How do you figure that Penny and Kenny have more in common than Penny and Jason? I'm not seeing it. They only have their history together. They share no life goals as Penny states quite clearly.
To those who would have preferred to see Kenny successful and happy at the end...why? Not challenging you. I'm just genuinely curious. He was a grade A asshole throughout the story. How would seeing him make good make the story better?more...
Loved the Second Chapter
Keep writing like this and I'll keep reading and giving you 5 stars. Good tension leading up to the trick played on the ex. And thanks for ending this with a glimpse at Penny's folly and regret. Everyone got what they deserved in the end.more...
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