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Author: Alex Hairston
image of two opposite puzzle pieces. He could see how well they complemented each other. He knew that if the pieces were the same they would never have made a connection. The only problem was that over time the pieces started to wear out and began to take on different shapes. The connection wasnât the same and the pieces no longer fitâpermanently disconnected.
Joel and Renee had changed too much to be together. Reneeâs embrace loosened. Joel got the subtle hint that it was time to let go.
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When Joel arrived at his apartment after work that evening it looked like a hurricane had hit the entire place. He knew that his apartment hadnât been burglarized because his computer, plasma and LCD TVs and other expensive electronic equipment were untouched. He knew that his apartment had been struck by Hurricane Renee.
Joel figured that Renee played hooky from work and removed most of her belongings. He saw that she had removed everything except for a bunch of gaudy pieces of fabric that she called evening gowns, some old ugly multicolored knit sweaters, two pairs of dusty hooker boots and a few pairs of worn-out high-heeled shoes with broken straps.
The thing that shocked Joel most was finding Reneeâs door key on the bedroom dresser. That wasnât all. Attached to the key ring was Reneeâs one-and-a-half-carat diamond ring. Women hardly ever returned rings, and Joel saw this as Reneeâs arrogant way of saying that she no longer needed his friendship or his ring.
For some strange reason, Joel felt empty and found himself drawn to the one who hurt him most. Maybe it was the fact that someone else wanted Renee. Was Robert really willing to marry her? The whole thing made him wonder if Robert saw something in Renee that he couldnât. Maybe Robert brought out something special in her that Joel couldnât.
The most embarrassing thing was that Joel thought that he and Renee would sit down that evening to actually try and work things out one last time. Joel knew that somehow he had to shed his indecisiveness and try to get the message through his thick skull that there was nothing left to salvage when it came to his relationship with Renee.
Joel understood that he had created a concept and had fallen in love with a woman who never really existed. Renee was never the woman Joel made her out to be. Everyone has the tendency to build people up and make them into someone greater than they could ever possibly be.
He was bitter because Renee cheated on him, but for some unexplainable reason he still wanted her. Itâs hard as hell for a man to admit to something like that. He hated Renee, but at the same time he loved her so much. She had disappointed Joel, even though he knew their breakup was inevitable.
Chapter 4
J oel and Renee met at an upscale nightclub in downtown Baltimore called Club One, two and a half years ago. He picked Renee out of a crowd of women, offered to buy her a drink and heâd been paying for that drink ever since.
In public Joel and Renee were the type of couple who appeared to be in love one minute and the next minute, in private, they were completely at warâvolatility at its finest. The simplest thing would set them off and lead to an argument with lasting effects.
Joel and Renee knew for a while that their relationship had been stuck in neutral. All of their possibilities had already been maximized and completely exhausted. They couldnât see a promising future together whatsoever. The weird thing was that for the longest time they just couldnât break up. They had developed a fragile bond based on convenience. Instead of breaking up they used to act as if nothing was wrong and did crazy stuff like fantasize about their jacked-up future together. They joked about their ghetto-ass wedding day even though neither one of them wanted to marry the other.
Renee craved attention from day one and Joel basically went along with just about
Joel and Renee had changed too much to be together. Reneeâs embrace loosened. Joel got the subtle hint that it was time to let go.
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When Joel arrived at his apartment after work that evening it looked like a hurricane had hit the entire place. He knew that his apartment hadnât been burglarized because his computer, plasma and LCD TVs and other expensive electronic equipment were untouched. He knew that his apartment had been struck by Hurricane Renee.
Joel figured that Renee played hooky from work and removed most of her belongings. He saw that she had removed everything except for a bunch of gaudy pieces of fabric that she called evening gowns, some old ugly multicolored knit sweaters, two pairs of dusty hooker boots and a few pairs of worn-out high-heeled shoes with broken straps.
The thing that shocked Joel most was finding Reneeâs door key on the bedroom dresser. That wasnât all. Attached to the key ring was Reneeâs one-and-a-half-carat diamond ring. Women hardly ever returned rings, and Joel saw this as Reneeâs arrogant way of saying that she no longer needed his friendship or his ring.
For some strange reason, Joel felt empty and found himself drawn to the one who hurt him most. Maybe it was the fact that someone else wanted Renee. Was Robert really willing to marry her? The whole thing made him wonder if Robert saw something in Renee that he couldnât. Maybe Robert brought out something special in her that Joel couldnât.
The most embarrassing thing was that Joel thought that he and Renee would sit down that evening to actually try and work things out one last time. Joel knew that somehow he had to shed his indecisiveness and try to get the message through his thick skull that there was nothing left to salvage when it came to his relationship with Renee.
Joel understood that he had created a concept and had fallen in love with a woman who never really existed. Renee was never the woman Joel made her out to be. Everyone has the tendency to build people up and make them into someone greater than they could ever possibly be.
He was bitter because Renee cheated on him, but for some unexplainable reason he still wanted her. Itâs hard as hell for a man to admit to something like that. He hated Renee, but at the same time he loved her so much. She had disappointed Joel, even though he knew their breakup was inevitable.
Chapter 4
J oel and Renee met at an upscale nightclub in downtown Baltimore called Club One, two and a half years ago. He picked Renee out of a crowd of women, offered to buy her a drink and heâd been paying for that drink ever since.
In public Joel and Renee were the type of couple who appeared to be in love one minute and the next minute, in private, they were completely at warâvolatility at its finest. The simplest thing would set them off and lead to an argument with lasting effects.
Joel and Renee knew for a while that their relationship had been stuck in neutral. All of their possibilities had already been maximized and completely exhausted. They couldnât see a promising future together whatsoever. The weird thing was that for the longest time they just couldnât break up. They had developed a fragile bond based on convenience. Instead of breaking up they used to act as if nothing was wrong and did crazy stuff like fantasize about their jacked-up future together. They joked about their ghetto-ass wedding day even though neither one of them wanted to marry the other.
Renee craved attention from day one and Joel basically went along with just about
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