Fawlty Showers 2

Maybe Some Good Will Come Of It

Katy was beaming when she walked into the staff meeting that morning. 

“Pregnancy going well?” I asked.

“My ex just texted me he won’t be paying child-support because the baby could be anybody’s.”

I stared for a moment. “He’s dodging his responsibilities and questioning your morals. I’m not sure why that makes you happy.”

“He didn’t know it, but I didn’t really need his support. What I needed was him out of my life. A good thing came from a bad situation.”

I thought of the ways I’d seen good come from a bad situation. My drinking had gotten bad, but sobriety taught me to enjoy everything else in life. 

A friend had discovered he wasn’t cut out for the military within a week of enlisting, but had learned self-discipline that served him well in civilian life.

Another friend had beaten two bouts of cancer as a child. He became a doctor because he so admired the doctors who’d saved his life.

This list went on.

Today I’ll be grateful when good comes from a bad situation.

  

Fawlty Showers 2 is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

Other works by Ken Montrose are available at:

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