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The Puzzle
Chapter 1
"Hey Jacks I'm going to go workout, would you like to come with me, I'm sure your mom wouldn't mind watching Jasmine for a couple hours." Nick Stokes asked his wife Jackie.
Her response shocked him "I need to go work out with you because I am soooo fat right?" She said.
"No, no, not at all, I just thought it would be nice that's all." Nick said quickly.
"You can go workout by yourself." She snapped angrily at him.
"Honey did I do something, why are you so mad?" Nick asked.
She just gave him a dirty look and marched up the stairs.
Nick left the house, he got into his truck and just sat there. He couldn't believe his wife's outburst, Jackie was hardly ever mad, and the couple very rarely argued, and when Jackie was upset with him she was very good at talking it out. She never spoke to him the way he did just now. Nick racked his brain, he tried to remember if he had forgotten something important. Her birthday-no, their anniversary-no, a special date they had planned-he didn't think so. He decided to just go to the gym and let her cool off.
When he returned home a couple hours later he walked into the house,
"Hon, I'm home" he called.
Jackie came into the living room "Hi, how was your workout, I made spaghetti for dinner, there's a plate for you in the fridge." She said sweetly, giving him a peck on the cheek.
He looked at her as if she had grown another head. "You alright?" He asked.
"I'm fine, why do you ask?" She asked sounding confused.
"Because earlier you screamed at me like a crazy person." Nick said.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that Nicky, it has just been an extremely stressful day." She said.
Nick thought there was more to her outburst than that but he didn't get to ask her anymore questions because Jasmine began to make noise from upstairs indicating that she had woken up from her nap and so Jackie quickly went upstairs to tend to her.
To Be Continued…..