A short story about three friends.
photo by Leanne Dyck
What's Wrong with Michelle?
Have you heard the one about the three friends who meet in a restaurant? Amanda, Sarah, and Michelle have known each other since they were teenagers.They talk the way old friends do—letting their guard down, just being themselves.
Michelle gestures with her hands and bounces around like a beach ball. "It's so lovely to see you again, Amanda. It's been too long. That's such a lovely scarf." Her focus shifts to the window and out to the tree-lined street. "It's such a lovely autumn. The leaves are so lovely at this time of year. Oh, look, there's a squirrel. A squirrel. A squirrel."
The squirrel darts out of sight, and Michelle goes to freshen up.
"Everything seems to be lovely in her world." Amanda chuckles.
"Yeah, you'd think," Sarah says. "So does she, but I know she's miserable. And it's all because of the shaggy lump on her sofa. She has changed her entire life for him, and all he does is growl. He sheds all over the carpet and piddles on the rug in the bathroom. This is the first time she's been away from him since he moved in. She thinks she has got to be there when he barks."
"Oh, when did she get a dog?"
"Dog—exactly. Now, tell me, how do we get rid of the creep?"
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Michelle gestures with her hands and bounces around like a beach ball. "It's so lovely to see you again, Amanda. It's been too long. That's such a lovely scarf." Her focus shifts to the window and out to the tree-lined street. "It's such a lovely autumn. The leaves are so lovely at this time of year. Oh, look, there's a squirrel. A squirrel. A squirrel."
The squirrel darts out of sight, and Michelle goes to freshen up.
"Everything seems to be lovely in her world." Amanda chuckles.
"Yeah, you'd think," Sarah says. "So does she, but I know she's miserable. And it's all because of the shaggy lump on her sofa. She has changed her entire life for him, and all he does is growl. He sheds all over the carpet and piddles on the rug in the bathroom. This is the first time she's been away from him since he moved in. She thinks she has got to be there when he barks."
"Oh, when did she get a dog?"
"Dog—exactly. Now, tell me, how do we get rid of the creep?"
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