Chapter iv; Postmand Always Rings Twice

Just when she thought that they had renewed their love for one another she was so hurt that he was still seeing and talking to his girlfriend. She tried not to let him know that she knew that he was doing this. He could tell that there was something wrong with her as she seem so unhappy. He suggested that they go to Florida for a few days over the Memorial Holidays. She agreed to go thinking it might help their relationship. They arrived in Florida and found a real nice place on the beach. On the way down to Florida he seemed to be his old self again and they had a lot of fun going to Florida. They went to the Dog Races and walked the beach but soon it all began a nightmare for her. He dranked too much and that made her angry and she would just walk the beach without him. He was usually out cold when she would return from her walks. They packed up and left for trip back home. They didnt talk very much on the way back home. The following week she found out that he was seeing his girlfriend and talking to her on the phone.

She was very hurt and had noticed that their love making had stopped again and she decided that it was time for them to have a long talk. That night after dinner she told him that they needed to have a talk about their relationship. She began to tell him that she had been told that he was sitll seeing his girlfriend and said this can not go on like this. He didn't denide that he was seeing her and said that he was sorry but that women was his weakness. She asked him if he still loved her or maybe he loved his girlfriend. He thought about it a long time before answering her and said," Maybe we can just still live in the same house and both of us see other men or women and just not have to answer for what we do or where we go and who we go out with". Boy that is when it hit the fan and she exploded and started crying and told him," You are crazy if you think that I am going to live like that"!! She told him she wanted a divorce now and not to continue with a legal seperation. She knew he didn't love her or he couldn't say anything like that. She got in her car and went to her sons house and told him about it. He was sorry and told her that she was right in asking for a divorce.

The next day she called her lawyer and told him about what was going on and he advised her to start divorce precedure. Her husband agreed to all of the terms of the divorce and was very amiable about it all. He even helped her find a Town House Apartment to live in and made the deposit on it. They were in the process of paying for their home so he rented it out and got an apartment also. Her husband and son helped her move into her apartment. Her apartment was a beautiful townhouse. Two stories with two bedroom upstair and full bath and living room, dinning room and kitchen downstaire with a half bath. It was brand new and so much nicer than their house as their house needed a lot of work done on it and her husband wouldnt turn a hand toward doing the remodeling of the house.

She decided to have a big yard sale before they moved out of their house to get rid of all of the stuff they had collected through the 30 years they had been married. The yard sale went off real well and they made enough money that she bought a new couch and love seat for her apartment. She got both bedroom suits and her dining room table and pie hutch and her stero console. He was left with old couch and chair and dresser and some dishes and cookware and a few linens. She took most of what was left from the yard sale. During the yard sale her regular postman came by and she handed him her change of address cards. He told her he was sorry that it didnt work out for her and her husband. She asked him if he knew the postman that she had a date with before she went back to her husband as she told the postman that she had one date with when he called her at the office to go out to dinner again that she had gone back to her husband. He told her he was gald that they were going to give it another try, but if it didn't work out to let him know. Her regular postman told her he knew him and was a very good man. She told her regular postmand to tell him that it didnt work out for her and her ex. He said he would tell him.

The Saturday that her sona and ex was over to her apartment hooking up her washer and dryer the phone rang and it was the Postman that she had one date with. He told her how sorry he was that it didn't work out for her, but yet he was glad and asked her out for dinner that night. She agreed to have dinner with him. When she got off of the phone her son asked her if he had overheard her conversation and what was going on. She grinned and said," Well I have a dinner date with a nice postman, you have always heard the story Postman Always Rings Twice. Her son grinned and her ex said you are kidding us and she said no I am going out again with him. Her ex said,"You are a fast worker blondie". Her ex even gave her a gift for her new apartment. She knew deep down in her heart that he still had love for her but that he wanted to be free and have his women.

She was all ready for her second date with her postman. He arrived on time and they went out to dinner. He wanted to take her and show her the log house that he was in the process of building when his wife passed away. He told her all about the house. He built all of it except the chimmey and fireplace. It was a 3000 square feet log house. She agreed to go with him. It was out in the "Boom Dock" way out to the end of no where . As they drove up the little dirt driveway it was very dark and she thought to herself What Have I Done, coming out here with a strange man why he could rape me and no one would hear me. AS they turned into the front of the house he told her to sit in the truck while he turned all the lights on in the yard and house. It was a beautiful log house all lit up. He took her on a tour of the house and afterwards they had coffee and cake. He was a perfect gentleman.

When he brought her home he told her he wanted to see more of her as they had such a good time that night. She told him that she also enjoyed the night and that he was a very smart man to build a beautiful log house like that. She told him she would think about seeing him again.

When she went into work the next day around noon a florist came with beautiful silk roses in a container shaped like a treasure chest. Of course it was from the Postman and a note Think Real Hard. She was told by all of the office girls she better latch on to him. What do you think she done?
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