By Dante A Murray
Joe and Jen were crowned King and Queen of the Senior Prom; after graduation, that ardor of royalty carried them through a blessed marriage.
The marital bliss soured for Joe when he found an unopened letter addressed to Professor Woodley from Jen, detailing graphically what she so coyly referred to as her “night of yeses.”
The mental images of Woodley penetrating Jen grew more vivid.
He finally confronted her, aiming the car at the concrete embankment they had spray painted a huge red heart on the night of the Senior Prom.
Jen had seen that heart; now, it was dead ahead.
BADDA BING! BADDA BOOM………………
Good lines: “that ardor of royalty…’night of yeses” …now, it was dead ahead”. But I am not able to get beyond the fact that it seems to me that he “drove” away from rather than into “confrontation.”
101 is difficult. An obstacle course with a fast-forward stop watch. But the idea strikes me as having potential in a longer venue. Thanks for the good lines.
I do not understand Joe—they were happily married I would guess for many years. He finds an UNopened letter, which she had never sent to Woodley about her night of yeses—-she could have been telling of her wonderful nights with her husband, if she was talking about Woodley she would have sent the letter. He never gave her a chance to explain. She had seen the big red heart—–HIS—JOES –now they would be dead, How sad.
What a punch, Dante. You never fail to amaze me with your work. The last line says it all. You never fail to come up with a Winner. Keep on writing, my friend!