You're a happy man. You have a house, a twenty minutes drive
from the city, with a lovely back yard. You love your back
yard. You take care of it every Friday afternoon. You have a
cute dog. He's already 5. Really cute. Grew up with your
kid. Ben. He's 13 years old. Ben just started the 7th grade.
New school. He made friends really quickly. And your wife.
She's an artist. Photographer. So she spends most of the
time at home. Everyday, you come home from work and she's
there. Waiting for you with supper and asks you how was your
day. And your day was great. You work in a computer company,
you spend all day checking out ex sites on the net. Your day
is always great. You eat supper. And go and watch the telly,
news. And then some talk show and a footy match. Ben comes
downstairs from his room. Can I go out, dad? Sure, why not.
Just don't come home too late, will ya, Ben? 'Tis a school
night. Oh leave him alone, Sarah, he's a big boy, aint he?
Aint ya? See? Well, have fun, Ben. Need some money, do ya?
Sure. How much? There ya go. Bye.   There's some sitcom on
channel 3. You wanna watch that, Sarah? Okay. But could you
just get me a martini from the bar first? Thanks, Sarah luv.
There.   And at about nine p.m. You're already asleep. Sarah
went out to pick some flower from the garden. And decided to
take the car for a spin. She stopped by at Dan's place. He
works with you. Really nice chap. Just divorced. His wife
caught him with some other woman. Sarah stayed there for an
hour. By ten thirty p.m. she was already back. You didn't
wake up. By eleven thirty you wake up and decide to go to
bed. Sarah is already there, asleep. Funny, she has some
lipstick on. But she had a shower while you were watching
the news. Silly her, has to wear make up even when she stays
at home. By three a.m. Ben is back. You thought he was
already in bed. You're asleep. He sneaks quietly. Doesn't
want to wake you up. Considerate. He opens your bedroom
door. Still asleep, you feel the heavy smell of alcohol and
fags. He finds your trousers in the dark, finds your wallet
and takes from it two 100 bills and the credit card. He
leaves a note on the kitchen table. It's six a.m. I left
early for school. I'll go to a friend after school. I'll be
back at about five p.m.
By five a.m. he's out again. He found someone to give him E
for free if he gave him a blowjob. He did. The money is
probably somewhere downtown by now.
By five thirty a.m. you wake up for a glass of water. You
see the note. There's no date on it. It's not six yet. Must
be from yesterday, he left early then too. You go back to
bed. Sarah isn't there anymore. You hear something falling
on the floor in her dark room and a loud AH! She must've
dropped something. Clumsy her, keeps dropping these white
chemicals n her dresses.
By nine a.m. you're at work. You meet Dan and he offers you
coffee. His new after-shave smells a bit like your wife's
chemicals. Ben is supposed to be in English class now. Sarah
must be cooking lunch.
You're a happy man.