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It took about two more weeks before I was ready to talk to Eileen. I left her a phone message, asking if we could talk at her apartment. She left me a return message within a couple of hours, suggesting that I come over the next evening around 8pm.
When she opened the door in response to my knock I could see she'd worked on her appearance. She was wearing slacks and a sweater, nothing fancy, but she looked terrific. Her hair and make-up were perfect, and the clothes were very flattering. I was reminded what a beautiful wife I had.
"Hi Danny," she said, tentatively leaning forward to kiss me on the cheek. She led me into her small living room, where we sat and she poured us cups of coffee. I watched her put half a teaspoon of sugar and a lot of milk into mine, as she'd been doing for so many years.
When we were settled with our coffees she looked at me, and said, "it's nice to see you."
I knew she was terrified, and it would have been cruel to drag it out.
"Eileen, I've been doing a lot of thinking, and—sorry, I guess you must have known that.
"I'm going to file for a divorce."
Her eyes started brimming over, but all she said was, "oh, Danny!"
"There are only two choices for me in this situation, and they both stink. I don't want to be alone and lonely, wondering if I'll ever meet someone I can share the rest of my life with. I still love you, and I know that you love me.
"On the other hand, it's been more than four months, and I still don't want you to come home. Every time I try to imagine it, I can see that won't work. However loving and considerate you might be to me, I'm not going to be able to get past what you did, and how it made me feel.
"I'm not as angry as I was, but I still don't want to be around you, let alone live with you or sleep with you. When I think about it, it's very clear that it just won't work for me.
"I know you've made a real effort, Eileen. I know that you've done the counseling and all, and really tried hard to understand why you did it. I give you credit for that.
"But there are just some things that are too serious to get past. And I've finally realized that what you did is too serious for me to get past."
I stopped talking. I'd been gazing at nothing while I spoke, and now I looked at Eileen. She was looking back at me, crying quietly, her shoulders shaking.
I went over and sat down next to her on the sofa and she pulled me into a tight hug, sobbing against me. I held her for a few minutes, and then gently extricated myself from her arms.
"I'm sorry, Eileen," I said very quietly. Then I moved to the apartment door, opened it, and walked out.
THE END
- COMMENTS
pummel18711 days agoA real ending to a real story about love, friendship, disrespect, selfishness and ultimately moving forward. It always amazes me how rational adults fail to see what the consequences will surely be if they take a left instead of a right at the proverbial "fork in the road" moments in life.
Truly it amazes me 🤔🤔🤔
DickSnugfitabout 1 month agoIt was very good, but desperately needs part 3 dramatically pruned. IMHO, a drastic edit of part 3 could turn this wooly melodrama into a riveting page-turner! We DO need the explanation, but far more concise!
TrainerOfBimbosabout 1 month agoFelt like this series was a chapter too long for the eventual conclusion because there was just a lot of waffling and his epiphany moment was... well, it was pretty banal. It didn't feel like a monumental decision, in fact, it seemed like the easy and foregone conclusion from chapter 1.
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I think showing Eileen's side was a good idea, I don't mind it when authors do that, but I would have gone further down the narrative in chapter 2 and came to the divorce and wrote about it from Eileen's perspective. At least it would have allowed you to put some pathos into the finale, what with her bemoaning the end of her marriage and her own idiocy. As it stands, the way this ending was eventually delivered lacked any punch.
Anonymousabout 1 month agoI gave this part a 4, only because it took him long enough to finally divorce her. He should have done that before the end of part one, as he had already found her cheating, and she had already admitted it. Yes, he had his own doubts at that time, but he had already kicked her out, and should have started moving on with his life, even if it meant moving to a new city or state (too many things to remind him what had happened). A big For Sale sign in the front yard would tell her they were done too.
