August 29th, in the year 2024
Famous? Rich? Known?
None of the things she wanted were going the way that she hoped when she desperately needed them to. The rent was important; it needed to be paid but there wasn’t a hurry up button on her paycheck. No one seemed to have an attitude of “oh we’ll give you a couple of days.” No, it was now or prepare to be escorted by the police out of the house. Well giddyup, she thought with a nervous sneer, thanks for making up my mind.
The way to get to the solution was through that door, one that she knew intimately since the day her husband left. She stared at it with painful longing; what was her life was immediately saddled with the realization that her life was fundamentally different. Again with the nervous sneer, this time at the spotless life her replacement gave her former partner willingly and with some sense of self-respect. How was she able to manage such a smile with knowing her success was hurting her with all the effect of a hornet’s sting. A hornet’s sting? I don’t even know what that feels life, she mumbled in her head. What the fuck is a hornet?
What was her name? That was a question she was muddling through. The name Addison was new and familiar but that was not a name she could use with any seriousness. She tried it on once more and with it typed the following letter:
To Whom It May Concern:
Due to my ex husband running out on me and taking our mutual partner on a lavish trip, I am unable to maintain the property agreement that we had agreed to when we were together. As I am the only participant left in the contract, I would like to be released from the duty of owing the remainder of the leasing agreement. Please call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX to acknowledge receipt of this notice.
Thank you,
Addison Paul
With the letter written with her chosen name, she decided to make known to the community that her departure was imminent. Moreover, there was the problem of seeing to the magic that was still causing a black hole to grow in her living room. At least that wasn’t the worst thing today.
--from A Dark Place by LandBear June
