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Romansa novel by John Wardabout 57,000 words
 
Part IChapter 1Cindy would never leave their house. If he could withoutharming his young marriage, he would kick her through theceiling, striking her unawares as she, a squat troll, mischievously padded around. Unfortunately, she was his wife’sdearest friend. Somewhere upstairs he heard Trisha Markovsky(née Odter) and Lumpy, as he secretly called Cindy, gigglingexcessively, undoubtedly at something barely funny or completelyunintelligible to the rest of mankind. Roman, alone in hisbasement, dialed his mother for advice.
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“Hello?”“Mama!”“My Roman! How is wife? She pregnant?”“No, no, no. But there’s problems already.”“What you mean?”“She has this midget turd of a friend who won’t leave thehouse. She’s driving me crazy. It’s like wherever I turn she’sthere.”“Tell her to leave, you ninny!”“But I can’t. She’s Trisha’s best friend.”“You are husband; you must be husband!”Roman dropped the topic and asked about her affairs...hethumbed the oval “off” button on his portable phone. A nakedlightbulb burned above him. He pulled the string that killed thelight. Roman exhaled heavily and trudged toward the stairs. At the top of the basement staircase was the back door andthe couple’s coat rack. Roman placed the phone in its chargerstand on the nearby kitchen table, put his coat on and yelled,“I’m going.” The door closed behind him before he could hearthe response, if there was one.Roman had committed this Saturday morning to helpingTrisha’s father around his place. The old man lived in a ranch
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