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Last Updated : 2021-09-04
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Rebecca had it all planned out, she had the career, the house, the guy who ticked all the boxes. Sure life was a little dull, but that's what happens when you grow up, doesn't it? Then one day, the guy she thought she'd marry decided he wasn't sure and with the help of her best friend and a rather unconventional bucket list, Rebecca might find out that being a grown up, doesn't have to be dull at all.
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The List Chapter two.
Shrill ringing wakes me the next morning and after trying to silence the sound, I accidentally answer the telephone, somehow putting it on speakerphone and Rob's voice reverberates through my brain. "Becky, we need to talk about this. I want to come home and have an adult discussion without you shouting or throwing things like a child, do you think you can manage that?" "What the actual fuck sort of an apology is that?" I wince as Jacqui's croaky voice screeches from the other side of the bed. "Are you kidding me right now? You cheat on her and then ask her if she can behave like an adult? Go fuck yourself or your new child bride." "Morning Jacqui, I should have expected you to be there. I assume you both got stupidly drunk and that then answers my question. I'll ask Sam to pop round and pick up some things for me. Do you think you can manage to at least put a bag together for me, so he doesn't have to waste too much time?" I never realised how arrogant he was before, or how much o
Last Updated : 2024-10-29The List Chapter one
It's 6pm, Rob will be home any minute. I've lit candles and cooked his favourite dinner, steak and chips, which is in the oven waiting for his imminent arrival. I've showered, shaved my legs and slipped on a pretty dress and am dancing around the kitchen to the radio, making sure nothing burns while I listen out for his car in the driveway. I used to get irritated with his insistence that we have sex every other Friday night, as though it took the spontaneity and romance out of it all, but, after eleven years and increasingly busy work schedules, it actually helps to make sure we make time for one another. Sure I miss the rip your clothes off in the hallway passion I had with my first love, Thomas, but we were teenagers, you can't expect that at thirty-three years old, not when you've seen each other crapping and knackered after a long week at work, can you? Can you? Tyres crunch in the driveway, so I bring the plates to the table and pour us both a glass of wine. He sighs and
Last Updated : 2024-10-29
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It's 6pm, Rob will be home any minute. I've lit candles and cooked his favourite dinner, steak and chips, which is in the oven waiting for his imminent arrival. I've showered, shaved my legs and slipped on a pretty dress and am dancing around the kitchen to the radio, making sure nothing burns while I listen out for his car in the driveway. I used to get irritated with his insistence that we have sex every other Friday night, as though it took the spontaneity and romance out of it all, but, after eleven years and increasingly busy work schedules, it actually helps to make sure we make time for one another. Sure I miss the rip your clothes off in the hallway passion I had with my first love, Thomas, but we were teenagers, you can't expect that at thirty-three years old, not when you've seen each other crapping and knackered after a long week at work, can you? Can you? Tyres crunch in the driveway, so I bring the plates to the table and pour us both a glass of wine. He sighs and
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