M Dover

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“Kitchen Years” by M Dover

Submitted to Contest #74

“Do you even love me anymore?”  The question had festered under Nina Paulamaro’s skin for months, aching in her bones and sending ugly pains through her heart. Now, standing in the kitchen of their split level home, drenched in sweat from her five o’clock run in the Georgia heat, Nina couldn’t handle it any longer.  Her husband, Mark Williams, had just returned from work, a backpack slung over one shoulder and deep purple bags under his eyes. Frozen in the doorway in his cheap suit and a loosened tie, Mark was stuck. As she waite...

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