Listen

The phone rang again.   A friend of a friend called to ask me to talk to his wife.

“I got a little drunk, and blew $1100 at the casino,” he said. “Maybe you could talk to her, tell her I don’t have a gambling problem.”

I sighed, “I don’t think you’d like what I’d tell her. You have an addictive personality. Everything you do, you do too much. Time to get some help.”

“Why does everyone say that?” he asked, anger seeping into his voice. “Just because people say something, doesn’t mean it’s true. Sometimes people just repeat what they hear, you know.”

“You’re right, you can’t believe everything people say. But, you’d be wise to look at why they’re saying it. Listen with a skeptical ear, but listen.”

He hung up, apparently done listening.  

Today I’ll listen with a skeptical ear, but I’ll listen.

Summer with the Slug Rats © 2020 by Ken Montrose

Summer with the Slug Rats is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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