JEN
Suspense, Drama, 19,000 words
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Jen by Nick Dienst
Summary
It's never pretty when a relationship comes to an end. But how far is too far in the struggle to find closure? When a young man finds the love of his life isn't the person he imagined, he takes it into his own hands to create his own peace. This chilling account, told first-hand through the eyes of the desperate spurned lover, examines the fine line between want and obsession, rationality and insanity.
Pushing the already open door wider, I saw her figure behind the translucent curtain. There was no doubt in my mind it was her – I’d recognize that body anywhere. Furious, and with hot tears making their way down my cheeks, I ripped the curtain open. She turned, smiling, apparently thinking I was Track Star. I just stood there. Realizing I wasn’t whom she expected, but the other guy she had been sleeping with instead, Jen was speechless. In fact, she looked scared to death, like I was going to go off in a fit of rage and kill her on the spot. I couldn’t have laid a hand on her if I wanted to. Millions of thoughts and realizations whizzed through my head, and I could hardly see straight. I turned away, half shocked and half disgusted.
I didn’t ask why; this wasn’t the time or place.
“Get dressed,” I said over my shoulder. “We’ll talk about it at the house.” I won’t lie; I kicked Track Star in the face on my way out. Twice.
I don’t remember driving home. I was in a kind of haze, like nothing mattered but what just happened. The windshield might as well have been covered with a giant yellow banner for me to read over and over again: “JEN CHEATED ON YOU! SHE’S A LITTLE BITCH.” I remembered sitting in the living room once I arrived home, pouring myself a very large cup of Jack Daniels, and waiting on Jen.
Credits
Jen © 2009 by Nick Dienst
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This book is a work of fiction. Characters, names, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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