Getting Past That

None of the men in the room, including me, took offense at being called a dog. We knew Billie was really talking about her ex, a lying cheating dog who abandoned her when she needed him most.

Billie had torn her shoulder moving a heavyset elderly man at work. She got addicted to painkillers and soon began diverting them from patients. She collapsed in a hospital elevator. The ER found opioids, muscle relaxers, and Xanax in her urine. She lost her job and was sent to rehab.

While she was in detox, her ex dropped their son off with Billie’s sister, cleaned out their bank accounts, sold her car, and moved to Arizona with his girlfriend. Billie hadn’t known about the girlfriend.

“You can’t let past mistakes rule your life,” Sam said. “Not all men are like whatshisname.”

Cara, having all the tact of a runaway garbage truck, said, “At least sleep with a few while you’re still relatively young. Kim can show you how to hook-up online.”  Being used to Cara, we all ignored her, including Kim.

“Sam’s right,” I said. “You can’t let past mistakes rule your life.”

Today I won’t let past mistakes rule my life.

Dogged Determination ©2018 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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