Mark woke disappointed to find the sheets cold beside him. Susan must have got called in to work, he thought as he pulled himself out of bed.
He wandered barefoot to the kitchen and found her note stuck to the fridge with a magnet that said 'For Women to be thought half as good as men they must be twice as good. Fortunately this is not difficult.' He hadn't noticed it before – but then it could have been there for a while he smiled to himself.
"Didn't want to wake you, you're so handsome when you're drooling on your pillow. Okay, stop wiping your chin, I'm hassling you. You weren't drooling when I left anyway. Hope it was a while ago you needed the sleep – I keep catching you yawning.
Anyway, I've gone to see Chloe – got a page last night after you went to sleep. She's okay, well at least that's what the lady on the phone said. I hope she's right. Withdrawal must be charming – she was asking for me, and I know I'm a sucker, but I can't turn away from her, no matter how hard I try apparently.
So I might be gone a couple of nights. The place is about an hour's drive from you. I'll give you a call when I get a moment.
You've got the day off remember? So go back to bed like the sane person I know is hiding in there somewhere.
Love you like you'll never know
Your Susan."
"Oh man", he thought, "don't miss her too soon", he told himself, and put two slices of bread in the toaster.
He wandered barefoot to the kitchen and found her note stuck to the fridge with a magnet that said 'For Women to be thought half as good as men they must be twice as good. Fortunately this is not difficult.' He hadn't noticed it before – but then it could have been there for a while he smiled to himself.
"Didn't want to wake you, you're so handsome when you're drooling on your pillow. Okay, stop wiping your chin, I'm hassling you. You weren't drooling when I left anyway. Hope it was a while ago you needed the sleep – I keep catching you yawning.
Anyway, I've gone to see Chloe – got a page last night after you went to sleep. She's okay, well at least that's what the lady on the phone said. I hope she's right. Withdrawal must be charming – she was asking for me, and I know I'm a sucker, but I can't turn away from her, no matter how hard I try apparently.
So I might be gone a couple of nights. The place is about an hour's drive from you. I'll give you a call when I get a moment.
You've got the day off remember? So go back to bed like the sane person I know is hiding in there somewhere.
Love you like you'll never know
Your Susan."
"Oh man", he thought, "don't miss her too soon", he told himself, and put two slices of bread in the toaster.