Housewife Gone Wild

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“I really have to go. Bye,” I said, gently shook off his fingers and turned to run out, my heart pounding as I escaped.

I shot Elaine a quick text, telling her I was heading back early.

As I sat in the car heading back, the foreign streets slipped by in reverse outside my window. I leaned into the seat, my thoughts all tangled up.

It was just one of those unguarded run–ins, like a page in a book—you just flip it and keep going.

Elaine came back that evening. After her shower, she was towel–drying her hair as she asked, “Ms. Murphy, Davis said you ran into a friend today? And he sounded pretty handsome, too?”

I felt a little startled and quickly said, “Just someone I know, we’re not really that close.”

“I get it,” Elaine laughed. “When you bump into someone familiar in a foreign country, even if you’re not close, you still want to chat a bit.”

Since she didn’t seem to be suspicious, I lowered my eyes to the book in my hands. But while I’d been able to read earlier, now I just couldn’t focus at all.

Back to the daily grind of classes. Elaine and I ended up in totally different courses–she was all about finance, while I was thrown into hotel management.

Our classrooms were in separate buildings, so I was stuck going to class by myself every day.

I couldn’t get used to the food here at all, and you could literally see I’d gotten skinnier.

too,

Frank Wallace who definitely had his eye on me. After class, he’d always come over and strike up a conversation–sure, it was all about school or work, but the look

4 p.m., class was over, and I was packing up my books, ready to head

way to the school gate, I was standing by the curb, trying to flag down a

Frank asked, “How about dinner tonight? I know

but

right out and said, “Ms.

kid. I’m not looking for anything

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right up at that. “You’re divorced too? Hey, same here–I’ve been divorced for over two years. My daughter lives with my ex–wife.

my head. “No, she’s

“Victoria, we’ve been in class together for a few days now. We’ve talked about school and work, so we

‘Why is it so hard to get a

I’ll sign one over to you. Plus, I’ve got stocks and mutual funds–my investments are

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down because I thought he wasn’t well–off enough, so he started showing off his bank account

worried my ex–wife might stir up drama, don’t be. She lives in Southlake with our kid, and we hardly ever meet–maybe once or twice a year

I just cut him off. “Sorry, Mr. Wallace, I’m really not interested. And just so you know, I already

the country, right?” Frank’s eyes lit up. “We could mess around here–no

like he was some kind of creep.

I was and just shrugged. “Come on, everyone’s doing this these