Fawlty Showers 2

Healing and Hurt

Dana was subdued at the next morning’s staff meeting. I asked her why.

“The Dope Without Hope met someone new,” Dana said. “My daughter’s heartbroken.”

“I’d have predicted you’d be happy about it,” I said. “You hate The Dope.”

“I do, but The Princess loved him.  Hard to watch her suffer, even though I know in the long run she’s better off with someone else.  Anyone else.  Anyone at all.”

“Most healing hurts at first,” Abigail said.  “Most changes are at least a little uncomfortable.”

“You want to kick an addiction, you may have to go through withdrawal,” Randy said.

“You want to lose weight, you may have to be a little hungry,” I added.

“If you want to be completely done with your ex, you burn everything he left at your house in your neighbor’s fire pit,” Katy said a sinister smirk crossing her face. “Then you do a little happy dance and send him the video.”

We stared at her. “That hurt?” I asked, a little stunned and not knowing  what to say.

“An ember landed on my leg, so yes, it hurt a little.”

 

Today I’ll remember most healing hurts at first.

 

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

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