When Love Breaks by Jack

Christine was shocked. “No way?”

I sighed. “Yup, that’s the scoop.”

Wondering when I’d finally get that jerk to sign the divorce papers was like

guessing when it would rain in a drought.

Christine tried to cheer me up when she saw I was down in the dumps. “Don’t

sweat it. You know, when it comes to divorce, if one person’s dead set on it,

it’s inevitable. And hey, you’ve sorted everything out, just missing that piece of

paper. You might as well consider yourself free.”

I smiled, chit-chatting before changing the subject, “What about you? Hasn’t

Steven popped over here looking for you?”

I still owed Steven a dinner for helping me move. He remembered where I

lived. A quick chat with Bryant would clear that up, even if he didn’t.

dipped, her voice soft, “No,

I asked, “Why not?”

looked at me. “He’s terrified of

felt like cooking. Christine’s culinary skills were

As we were eating and

glancing at

“Oh my God, Teresa and

at the

was puzzled, but Christine

taken by bystanders

seemed like some significant power was stirring the

to keep things cool and to no avail. It was

on social media. Like mushrooms after the rain, you pulled one

another popped up.

to butt heads with the Ferguson Group in RiverCity

internet was a

So, the stepdaughter

hooks up with her stepfather and his son,

and

her? Having a national

she goes for his dad?

Maybe Bryant wasn’t into her?

for anyone