June sighed walking up her garden path, she was so tired and she was working as many extra shifts as possible to try and pay off her mortgage –again. She hadn't heard a word from Jim since he had found out about her affair and gone off. She opened the door and almost tripped over a package that had been placed where she'd find it. Inside it was a letter, a key and a CD. She opened the letter first, turning on the light she tried to bully her eyes into focusing, it was from Jim. Her eyes scanned the letter and her heart sank.
Dear June, I'm so sorry about all the pain I put you through.
This is just a short letter to say I won't bother you again, and
to return your key as I won't be needing it anymore. I want you
to know I love you so much but I've found a better life where
I am. Please don't try and contact me, it would just be hard for
both of us. I don't know if I told you about my Aunt Catherine.
I'm the only member of her family she doesn't hate so when she
died she left me everything she owned, I have sold the property
and wired what I owe you into your account, plus a little more
for putting up with me. I understand what happened with
Roger was just to get back at me and I want you to know I
don't blame you at all.
All my love
Jim
PS. I made the transfer irreversible so you can't try and give
the money back, just in case you were considering it.
PPS. The CD I included is kind of like my final good bye,
have a listen.
June folded up the letter trying to ignore the tears in her eyes. She walked into the lounge room and put the CD into the CD player.
You see the trouble with me
I've got a head full of fog
I'm a basket case
I don't think I can love love love
You see the trouble with you
Is you're in love with me
What a strange thing to do
What a brave place to be
So we dine
On sunset strips
Our hearts so deep
I drown in it
And as it breaks
I swim through cracks
And leave with words
I can't take back
You see the trouble with me
Monkey see monkey do
There's no you in tomorrow
A better offer came through
You see the trouble with you
There's no trouble with you
So when you say that you love me
That stops me loving you
And so she stays
On sunsets strips
A heart so full
I drown in it
She waiting for
My words to break
The one true love
I couldn't make
Woah woah woah
Yeah yeah yeah
Woah woah woah
Yeah yeah yeah
And so she walks
That golden mile
And men will try
And catch her heart
We both know
What could have been
On sunset strips
Of broken dreams
Woah woah woah
Yeah yeah yeah
Woah woah woah
Yeah yeah yeah
June dried her tears and left the package on the chair as she went to get something to eat. Jim was right, it was a very suitable song.
'The Trouble With Me' by Robbie Williams, from the Album 'Intensive Care.'