An excerpt from one of the 12 short stories in this anthology titled
Francesca's Confession
"Claptrap! I shout at the TV screen. "I'm sick to death of listening to all this corny romantic babble! I can't tolerate five more minutes of this garbage! It's just drivel; a waste of air space so advertisers can pedal their detergents!" I push the off button on the remote plunging the living-room into sudden silence.
"Hey, I was watching that!" Harvey yells.
"It's crap! I don't want to watch it!" I yell back.
I turn my head and look over at Harvey wrapped in his lazy-boy chair. He's holding a bag of Smart Pop in one hand and a can of Molson's Canadian in the other. I love my Harvey but I wonder whatever happened to the good looking guy he used to be? That fellow left a long time ago and I have no idea where he went. The large lump in the chair is a sad caricature of the man I thought I was marrying.
I wonder if there's ever been a moment when things were somewhat placid in our lives. Maybe many years ago but today nothing comes to mind.
"Geez, Harvey, you're getting your popcorn all over the rug. I just vacuumed this morning. What a slob!" I shout as I bend my large body over and reach down to pick up the popcorn bits sprinkled all over my new yellow carpet.
"Francesca, you sound just like your mother; rude, crude, and offensive! I was in the middle of watching that movie so turn it back on!"
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