Monday, September 23, 2024

spacious skies - 2. mike and jane


by american joe

part 2 of 40

to read part one, click here





mike dink was a little bit annoyed when he came home that night.

his wife was home, and he had expected to find her gone.

why are you here? mike enquired exasperatedly.

mike and his wife, whose name was jersey jane jones, had agreed to part ways.

mike was a timid soul, but had a violent temper, and collected comic books.

jane was from the hill country, but years in the metropolis had both inflamed and deadened her ambition.

king john lived across the hall from mike and jane

a year earlier, mike had been waiting for a bus and it had started to rain. he took shelter in the doorway of a doughnut shop and jane hit him in the back with the door when she exited the shop.

jane first encountered king john when king john was having trouble getting his multiple shopping bags out of the elevator, and jane helped him.

mike was not considered a sympathetic character by very many of his fellow humans. his interests were narrow, and he communicated them poorly.

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