(02-22-2023, 08:31 PM)William Blacke Wrote: Bill gave Lottie one more angry look for evidently being the worst wife in the world, and then stomped upstairs. There was a bang as the bedroom door slammed shut.

As the door slam reverberated through the house Lottie's eyes rolled with equal noise and she sighed. She considered if she had married the right man all those years ago. And not for the first time, either. Her confidant, the late Hannah had cautioned her "if yer certain..." but who had been her other choices?