- Loving Wives
- Dark Fire
- Page 4
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"I'm so sorry," Ron sobbed. "I just didn't know what to do, how to make time go backward --"
"No more worries," she said gaily. She drove past their home, around the big loop of the freeway, and then started heading back into town. In the distance she could see the lights on the Sassafras Road bridge.
The big engine leapt to full power. "Where are we going?" asked Ron.
"Home," said Betty. "Our new old home. We'll be together forever and we'll be happy again."
The car surged past eighty, heading above one hundred. Ron struggled against the alcohol, trying to remain awake and make sense of why the streetlights were going by so quickly. Betty changed into the left lane and pushed the accelerator down harder. In Ron's addled mind, the poem played out over and over again, like the futile struggle to make sense of his infidelity and her love:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
She petted his hair again. Ron moaned. Over the wind noise Betty thought she heard her mother saying, "You'll become a functioning member of society, develop your own career, pay taxes, and have an accomplished husband." She heard Samantha hissing in her breath as Ron's tongue touched her clitoris. She heard Erin talking about how time could not be undone. She saw her painting come together, the colors knitting into shapes and textures for the final moment. She heard Ron saying, "I think I love you," in the courtyard of a college many hopeful decades ago.
Betty let her hand fall on his knee. His hand grasped hers. "We're going home, Ron," she said, as the Sassafras Road bridge grew larger and larger in front of them, her steering wheel pointed directly toward it.
- COMMENTS
mfbridgesabout 2 months agoWhy would anyone like a story with an ending like this? Is this considered intellectual or high brow. I just don't like stories that end in death unless there is a good reason for it.
Anonymousabout 2 months agoI liked it. Definitely dark. I liked the twist at the end where she kills themselves off. Didn't see that coming.
Anonymous4 months agoI think this writer was broken..he has written a rush of stories in 2021…all dark and heavy on lament! This person has tremendous psychological issues…and no one seems to have helped him…the sudden stoppage of his contribution after 21…makes me fear the worst… he committed suicide or lost his mental balance!
Anonymous5 months agoSurely she could have re- analysed the situation another 20 or 30 times before doing everyone a favour and heading for that bridge and peace of mind.
Syzyguy9 months ago5* Very wordy, stunning and tense. I'm not sure I followed (or agreed with) all the psychology BUT you write very well and this held my attention, getting me emotionally involved with your protagonists. Excellent. Thank you for posting it.
SatyrDick9 months ago[30.07.23]
Flippin' BRILLIANT!
Well constructed story about believable protagonists, in a trap created by their upbringing and expectations.
At times cold and clinical, but then there are people like that. Two people who do genuinely love each other but who are emotionally stunted and lack the ability to express it overtly.
SHOCK ending but as an artist and therapist (?) she was able to see the only truly viable solution to a grim reality.
11/10!!!!!
Anonymous10 months agoI enjoyed it, and gave it 4.5 stars. It was a dark tale, and taken in a different direction by the husband doing the cheating, while the wife wants to bring them back together. However, there's something missing in the marriage...communication. What he wants, AND what she wants aren't the same things. He wants kinky sex, and she wants romance. It seems that the story is more about showing the differences in how the 2 sexes think. Very enlightening.
mariverz11 months agoa esto me refiero a que cuando no eres grandilocuente en tu escritura... sencillamente eres fantástico.
gracias por tu obra
Anonymousabout 1 year agoDsrk. Very dark. But did I miss something? This should be tagged cheating husband, not cheating wife, yes? And yes it is clear that she is committing a vehicular murder and suicide at the end. Ironically some commenters wish they could work it out somehow. Would they feel the same way if she had been the cheater and Ron, the aggrieved spouse? Just curious.
