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HOPE CHOW: Leave

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I should leave.

The shouting, screaming, hitting…

I hate it! He plasters on a fake smile to fool everyone into believing in this facade, but he’s a monster.

What’s that? Is that the door?

“Honey I’m home!”

Oh, he’s calm. Arms slip around my waist. Strong arms, kind arms. “I missed you.” A kind voice.

I should stay.

Hope Chow is an aspiring author who was born and raised in America. She writes to paint a more lucid picture of life through the eyes of many others.

Not Hearing What You Don’t Want To Hear

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He couldn’t hear his wife because of his headphones. Just the way he wanted it. He nodded; pretended he could hear; looked contrite, apologetic, regretful…

She smiled, mouthed “Thank you,” and left to run errands. He had escaped the encounter unchastised.

Thirty minutes later, he smelled his birthday cake burning.

This story was based on the prompt “headphones” at TypeTrigger.