The sound of the running sports commentary from the living room irritated Kate. Larry never missed any football match. She scrunched her nose, worked her coffee machine in the kitchen and poured herself a cup. Her father's misgivings about her marriage to Larry flipped through her mind. "You deserve better," he said to her a day before her wedding.
But she loved Larry. Until she began to notice their differences...
A ping from her laptop set on the counter drew her attention. She walked to the counter, raised the lid of the laptop and read the email.
Larry waltzed into the kitchen, an empty bottle of beer in his hand to meet a grinning Kate. "Tell me we won a jackpot?"
Kate gently closed her laptop and turned to stare at him. "Not 'we'. Me. My visa application came through."
Larry froze for a moment, absorbing the news. He knew Kate, his wife of five years, had a remarkably different personality from him. She loved adventures and wanted so much to travel the world. He promised they would go but he could not finance such a trip yet.
Kate had been quiet about it for the past two years that he assumed she was okay. Apparently, she was not okay. Kate wanted more out of life while he was content in his present position.
Larry realized he had made a mistake. Why did he not notice her discontent in her silence all these years?
"I did not know you applied for one. We were going to wait, right?" He asked cautiously.
Kate held her laptop by her side and walked up to him beside the coffee machine. "Larry, I was tired of waiting. I felt if I gave you space and time, then it would happen. I should speak up more. Daddy pulled some strings. I'll be leaving for Sydney, Australia in two days. The trip is just for three weeks."
She walked out of the kitchen.
Just three weeks? Larry thought. Or had he lost her totally?
I hope you enjoyed reading my piece. This freewrite is inspired by the prompt "speak up". Join the @freewriters community to receive daily prompts, hosted by @mariannewest. You are invited to participate.
Image by Idan Gil from Unsplash
Very nice story. Actually easily relatable to practical life. How at times we think giving some time and space will work but it doesn't work in all cases.
I liked the stroy dear. Hope you are well, take care, stay blessed and happy 😄😄
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I wish I had a trip to Sydney like you. I have friends living there.
Great freewrite. :D Larry should have paid better attention to his wife. Have a great day.
Is there going to be a second part??? It sounds like those two need to talk more!
Good story, I'm glad she took things into her own hands and followed her dream.
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Nice short story, Sydney is a great City,
the #freewrite community is a fantastic community and can give some really nice prompts for short stories, I really need to get back into it :)
I enjoy using the Freewrite prompts to write short stories.
You are welcome to start writing again! 🙂 !CTP
Uh oh ... Larry may be in trouble ... and you left us hanging!
😄 Larry is certainly in trouble! He'd better put his home in order or lose it. Hehe, thanks for your comment.
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Larry was/is a jerk. Your father was right. " you deserved better. Thanks for sharing