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Limerence | Episode 16/1— continued from here
My Affair has Ended — Take One
You think you can just waltz back into your happy little family like nothing happened…
My affair had ended, yet I couldn’t help thinking that wouldn’t be the last of it.
A couple of weeks passed.
The house was quiet. Mary had taken the kids to her sister’s for the weekend, with orders that I decorate the bedroom while they were gone. I was alone, the silence was deafening. After all that had gone on over the last six months, I’d enjoyed the family noise. It seemed to mask my feelings of guilt.
I had just started the arduous process of stripping the walls when the doorbell rang.
I opened it, shocked, to find Mike standing there. Eyes dark. Jaw tight.
“Hey, pal.” I managed to say before he pushed past me into the hallway. He smelled of alcohol and fresh sweat. A dangerous combination. “Mike, what the hell…”
He spun round, and before I could react, his fist was in my face. Pain exploded through my head, sending me stumbling back against the door. Blood in my mouth. I wasn’t sure what to do, so I just stood there, waiting, glancing…