I won’t say I was spoilt just fortunate, that I married to a great man, and lived in an expensive home in a gated community. Jerry and I married four years earlier and hadn’t started our family yet. He was an equal partner in a I successful real estate business with his best friend, Tony. Life was good, but when things change it was painful.
After shopping all morning, I drove down the driveway opened my garage door, took my time getting my packages from the trunk and going into the house. I heard the doorbell ringing as I unlocked the back door. When I answered the door, a man dressed in a suit standing on the front porch said, “I’m looking for Nancy Hawkins.”
“I’m Nancy Hawkins.”
“Is Jerry your husband?” “He sure is. Why do you ask?” “I’m …show more content…
You should pay for them.” “Elaine, get your ass off my property and don’t ever speak to me again.” I wanted desperately to pick up a shovel and hit her over the head for lying to me, but then I remembered I was twenty-eight and she was eight-four. I went on in the house, leaving her standing in my yard, yelling his partner must have caught him with his wife. She was wrong, but I still didn’t have an explanation for Jerry being found dead in Tony’s home. I thought we had a good marriage. Even though, during the last few months, I felt there were problems, but Jerry kept denying it. There was no excuse for me to throw my soda in Mrs. Kennedy’s face and on her clothes. I felt badly and knew once things settled down I would apologize.
I called Angela and asked her to come by which she readily agreed to do. After I told her what Mrs. Kennedy said, the look on her face and her reaction surprised me. I started crying. She comforted me by telling me needed a break and suggested we take a three day cruise. Mike, the office manager could take care of everything until we returned. A few days before the cruise, I was at home when the phone rang. “Hello, this is Nancy. Angela, are you
After shopping all morning, I drove down the driveway opened my garage door, took my time getting my packages from the trunk and going into the house. I heard the doorbell ringing as I unlocked the back door. When I answered the door, a man dressed in a suit standing on the front porch said, “I’m looking for Nancy Hawkins.”
“I’m Nancy Hawkins.”
“Is Jerry your husband?” “He sure is. Why do you ask?” “I’m …show more content…
You should pay for them.” “Elaine, get your ass off my property and don’t ever speak to me again.” I wanted desperately to pick up a shovel and hit her over the head for lying to me, but then I remembered I was twenty-eight and she was eight-four. I went on in the house, leaving her standing in my yard, yelling his partner must have caught him with his wife. She was wrong, but I still didn’t have an explanation for Jerry being found dead in Tony’s home. I thought we had a good marriage. Even though, during the last few months, I felt there were problems, but Jerry kept denying it. There was no excuse for me to throw my soda in Mrs. Kennedy’s face and on her clothes. I felt badly and knew once things settled down I would apologize.
I called Angela and asked her to come by which she readily agreed to do. After I told her what Mrs. Kennedy said, the look on her face and her reaction surprised me. I started crying. She comforted me by telling me needed a break and suggested we take a three day cruise. Mike, the office manager could take care of everything until we returned. A few days before the cruise, I was at home when the phone rang. “Hello, this is Nancy. Angela, are you