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Submitted to Contest #38
Before staying at home permanently, I had spoken to my neighbor Pamela off and on. We'd never had long conversations, and every time I saw her she was with her husband. The husband I didn't really like, but she seemed to like him well enough so I never commented.At the beginning of the summer, when I finally ditched the job I hated and launched headfirst into a writing career, I spoke to her more often. We exchanged those pleasantries that unfamiliar neighbors discuss. She knew that my wife had left me, and she had exchanged. It was a bit aw...
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