Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Jen

It had been fourteen years since Rock last saw his ex-girlfriend Jen, but he suddenly found himself in her small one-room house with her husband Dave and teenage step-son.
Their house was in a poor, working-class neighborhood in Little Rock, and Rock listened as Jen and the boy complained about Dave.
"I've been trying to get Jen to leave him for me," the boy said.
"To tell you the truth, I've considered it," Jen said.
This stunned Rock, almost as much as Jen's appearance when they were reintroduced after so many years. She was no longer thin nor pretty. Her face was bloated and weathered and pocked in a way that made her look as if she were poorly nourished and a heavy drinker.

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