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In April 2018, I posted my thousandth post on this blog. To celebrate, I started sharing here all my short stories. Every couple of weeks, I’ll be posting one story from my celebrated Exciting Destinies series for you to enjoy. With over 30 stories so far, I hope you’ll have lots of fun in the coming months!

This week, it’s “Two’s a Crowd,” a story from Infinite Waters. Click here to read some more free stories.

Two’s a Crowd

“Can you believe that idiot?” I spat the words as soon as I slammed the car door shut.

“Honey, that idiot is your older brother.” My wife looked at the mirror and patted her lips with her index finger. She opened her purse, oblivious to my rage.

“Older brother? He’s, like, ten minutes older than me!”

Susan pressed her lipstick to her lips and ran it across them. Why was she bothering, anyway? We were alone in the car. Whom was she trying to impress? “Can we just go?” I said with a sigh. “My head hurts.”

“Why did you have the red wine, then? You know it gives you a headache.” She turned on the radio, obviously anticipating silence during the trip back home. After all, I never had much to say after our monthly dinners at my brother’s. A recurrent affair that I had come to dread and hate with equal passion.

“What choice did I have? That’s all they offered us.”

“I’m sure they didn’t do it on purpose.” She wiggled her fingers and smiled at the couple waving at us from their door.

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