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Submitted to Contest #287
As Dave set the kettle on its base and turned it on, the rumination returned. Days earlier, he had discovered the Valentine’s Day card to another man, and it had it hit like an arrow in his heart. Recently, things had seemed to be getting better in the relationship with his partner of 20 years. This discovery created a mournful doubt that perhaps it was an illusion, a manipulation; that his partner was misleading him into thinking everything was better. The water began its hissing start to boil, and Dave reminisced about what had happened ov...
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