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Lucy, dressed in her best clothes looked at her reflection in the mirror.  I look dowdy she thought.  My mother wouldn\u2019t even wear these to clean the grate out, and would never wear them outside, even to do the gardening.  She sighed heavily. She had been doing that a lot lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven,\nher husband of what seemed like five long years, shouted, \u201cGet a move on, I\nsaid we would be there at 11.30.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed\nonce more before pulling on her well-worn boots, and checked her reflection\nbefore hurrying down the stairs.  They\nset off across the park.  No matter how\nlate they were Steven would never pay for a taxi or even get on a bus. She had\nthought in the past that his frugality was a good thing. Having lived with it\nshe now knew he was just a very mean person, and she had had to live by his\nrules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As the\npark was very crowded that morning, so she felt safe enough to ask him.  She knew that he would never cause a scene at\nsuch a public space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSteve, I\nwant \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cut her\noff before she could finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nanswer is no to whatever it is that your asking.\u201d he stated \u201cand don\u2019t call me\nSteve in front of my father, you know how much he hates it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost as much as I hate him, she thought, but was very careful not to say it out loud.  She wondered why she was going to a place that she was never made welcome, and had to put up with his overbearing father and a mouse of a mother-in-law.  That thought stopped her in her tracks, as she thought of herself in the same role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStop\ndawdling, hurry up.\u201d  Steven said as he\nstrode off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSteve,\nslow down!  I want to talk to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He turned\nabruptly with increasing annoyance showing on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want…    I\nwant a divorce!\u201d there she had finally said it and found that it had not been\nas hard as she had imagined.  A warm\nfeeling started in her body and her confidence grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t\nreply straight away as if he was thinking what she had said through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid I\nhear you right, you are actually asking me for a divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo\u201d she\nreplied, feeling much stronger, \u201cI\u2019m telling you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He looked\nvery confused, she had never stood up to him before.  He didn\u2019t know quite what to say.  Then noticing that time was passing, he\nhurried on to his parents house, knowing the wrath of his father was now a\ncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She called\nout once more, just to make sure he fully understood,\n\n\u201cand Steve, just one more\nthing, it will cost you!\u201d she turned and laughed to herself, and set off smiling\nin a direction to her mother\u2019s house, where she knew there would be a warm\nwelcoming and a complete understanding. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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