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#16 - The Suicide

 

 

      ...Not that you can blame her – you’ve been out of work for more almost a year now. Everywhere you go it’s the same thing: We’re not hiring. You don’t have the skill set we’re looking for. You’re overqualified. We’ll let you know. Now they’re threatening to repossess the car, the house is nearly in foreclosure, and the credit card companies are hounding you to death. Combine that with the ulcer, the migraines, and having lost both your parents in the past year, and you come to the conclusion that your life pretty much sucks. 

        You sit on the edge of the naked mattress for a while, head buried in your hands. After a time you get up and begin rummaging through closets and shelves to see what she left for you: your clothes, a scrapbook containing pictures of your mom and dad, some sports memorabilia and, on the top shelf of your closet… the gun. 

 

        It’s a .357 caliber Ruger revolver you... 

 

 

 

 

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