Nothing Changes

Sam laughed. “No doubt about it, my sister can be nuckin’ futs.  But you have to ask yourself why you date crazy people.”

Roger started to say something, but Trevor asked, “Remember the Viking funeral?”

Roger met his first wife outside the Westmoreland County courthouse. Neither was there for jury duty.  Five years into their marriage she did three months for aggravated assault after a bar fight. While she sat in jail, he hooked up with his seventeen-year-old neighbor who had given up babysitting to buy and sell pills her classmates stole from their parents. 

His first wife found out. When she was released, she put most of his belongings in his boat and towed it to the river.  She set his stuff on fire before pushing the boat out into the water, like a Viking funeral for his clothes, guns, and tools.  The boat was last seen heading downstream toward Cincinnati.  We had no trouble picturing his current wife doing the same, or worse when she found out about the new motorcycle.

“You’ve been sober decades, but your relationships haven’t changed because the women haven’t changed,” I said.  “If nothing changes, nothing changes. If nobody changes, nothing changes.

Today I’ll remember, if nobody changes, nothing changes.

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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