“Allan, I know what the judge ordered, but I’m telling you it’s not enough.”
Allan’s snort makes her hair stand up; even through the phone, Torry can see his smirk. “What can you need that four thousand a month alimony can’t cover?”
“The Beemer insurance…I don’t have enough for my spa membership, and my Visa is overdue…”
Allan’s laugh now sounds…can it be delighted? “Maybe you should have thought of that before you decided our marriage wasn’t worth anything, and figure out how to live on what you’re given.”
This vignette from The Life and Times of Jane Doe is part of the Six Sentence Stories blog hop hosted by Ivy at uncharted. This week’s cue was “given.”
Fun Sixes from other writers are here.
99 Monkeys 
nasty business. nice story though.
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Thank you!
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Never pretty that divorce thing
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And some are uglier than others. 🙂
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She definitely needs a reality check, she should have known her life was going to change drastically after the divorce. But then we don’t know the other side of the story…
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True!
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I find it hard to feel sorry for someone who has lost their spa membership, but I wonder what her role was in the divorce if she was left without even the house. Either she had a bad lawyer or she had it coming I think!
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Quite possibly. ..but we never know. 😉
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Divorce turns a marriage into a business partnership, and one that is dissolving at that. You’ve captured both parties well.
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Thank you!
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what the hell?! real piece of work, this Allan, no? (seems like a very disdainaphilic* guy)
* not a ‘real’ word
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Your “not a real word” words are excellent!
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Excellent.
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Thank you!
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Most welcome 🙂
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Sounds like it’s bye to the Beemer. Best go the spa on a bicycle!
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This makes me interested in the back story. Nicely done!
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Many thanks!
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Oh, boy! Reality hits hard to those who can’t seem to live on a budget. (And it doesn’t seem to matter what the amount of money is.)
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Indeed!
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Perhaps there was a discussion or two that should have taken place before their marriage as well as during.
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Shouldn’t there always be! Thanks for stopping in!
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