Heart's Desire
Chapter 1
Standing with her arms folded across her chest looking out of her large expansive window of her 45th floor apartment, overlooking a beautiful, but busy New York skyline, she ponders over her life and what went wrong. She had a good life, excellent job and a good husband. They were a professional couple opting not to have children, even though she adored them.
She walked away from the window over to her packed suitcases, ready to head to the airport for her flight to Reno, Nevada. Her lawyer made arrangements for her to stay at a boarding ranch house for six weeks to establish a short-term residency and get a divorce from her husband of ten years.
Spencer Carlin-Hall was a thirty year old, highly respected English professor at a highly prestigious University. Her husband Dexter Hall was forty-two years old and the Dean of the English Department at the same University Spencer worked at.
They met at said University when she applied for a teaching position and he was already a tenured professor. After a short courtship they married. Dexter was very much in love with Spencer. But Spencer questioned her feelings, so with the help of Spencer's mother Paula, Dexter convinced Spencer that love would come later, and they should marry. She really thought love would eventually come later. It never did.
Spencer was startled out of thoughts by someone coming through the door.
Dexter! What are you doing here?
Please excuse me Spencer, I thought you would have left for the airport by now.
I'm leaving now, Spencer stated.
Spencer! Dexter bellowed, are you sure about this? Sure about what Dexter…the divorce, Dexter said.
"Are you joking"? Spencer laughed. You have embarrassed me, cheated on me, our so called friends and colleagues are laughing behind our backs because you don't know how to keep it in your pants. Plus, you constantly harass me about the monies. You don't respect me Dexter. You put me through Hell and you have the gall to ask me, "Am I Sure". Spencer shook her head and prepared to leave.
"It's over Dexter." "I don't love you". Please don't be here when I get back. Pack your bags and leave. Spencer snapped.
Spencer left for the airport, leaving Dexter alone in the apartment.
"What a bitch"! She thinks she's going to get away from me that easily, she is sadly mistaken. Sure, I told her I would give her a divorce and not contest it, but a man can change his mind. Dexter smirked. On top of everything else, she wants me to vacate the apartment, ourapartment.
Well, she thinks I put her through Hell during our marriage, I wonder what she'll think I'm putting her through getting a divorce. She doesn't know what Hell really is.