Domino Night: A Short Story

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Natalia stood for a moment in the cold, dark hallway it was the only part of the house that you felt some respite from the light and heat in the other rooms. The differentness of that hallway is what she enjoyed so much from all the other rooms. Natalia listened to the creaks on the hardwood floor sipping her black coffee slowly as she walked through the hallway glancing at the pictures on the wall. How she loved hanging a new picture on the wall and the indecision of which picture to remove. So many memories of distant relatives, memorable vacations and happy events.
As Natalia walked through the hallway, she quickly looked in each room to make sure that all the rooms were in order. Everyone who came by to visit comments how warm and inviting
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asked Natalia. “It was Last Tuesday, I didn’t stop by the table because you guys were flirting so much with each other. I mean really you guys were at a restaurant and behaved like you couldn’t keep your hands off of each other.
You see that’s proof that we were not there, that’s Diego’s Domino night I said . Slightly relieved that I knew where Diego was that night. Besides I said, after 20 years of marriage, husbands don’t flirt with wives. “It was you! Only you look younger, relaxed, and stylish.” Rosa paused.
Well, Rosa, I do not always wear sweats, but while I am in the house cleaning and chasing after the kids I do. Diego and my close friends can attest to that. So, how about we call your kids from the yard, so you can spend time with them.
At last near the end of the last two hours with Rosa and her kids, Natalia heard Diego’s car. As she quickly tried to escorted Rosa, the kids and all their accruements out of the house, so she could talk to Diego.
Natalia was almost up the stairs when she heard the shower and that’s what she had been afraid of. That Diego was probably going to go out again that evening. She didn’t want to put off the conversation about Paris, but she didn’t want to force it

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