The Lawyer's Wife

An Odd solution to an Odd Problem

I stayed in bed the entire weekend only getting up a couple times to feed my pets and walk my dog. I was a wreck. I spoke to my cat more than I usually did.

I picked up my cat that was lying with me on the bed comforting me, and also watching the cat show that she loved so much.

"Well Majestic, Looks like me and daddy are getting a divorce."

My cat just looked at me with what seemed to be a smile. She butted her head on mine affectionately and I gave her a kiss in between the ears.

Just at that moment there was a knock at the front door. I decided not to get up and ignore it. However, it didn't relent. Someone just kept rapping on the door with their heavy hand.

I finally got up and answered the door. I didn't like who was standing there. It was Brad.

"What, came back for round two?" I asked him.

"Just came to grab my phone-"

"Oooooo, that's going to be a problem."

"Why?"

"Because I may have thrown it out the window and laughed as it smacked against the concrete," I said as I tried to hold back a smile.

"You what!?"

"Yeah, what are you going to do about it, call that ugly whore?"

"My entire caseload was on there, I could lose my job!"

"Good, something else that will make me feel even greater about myself."

"You unimaginable bitch."

"Call me that again and I will not refuse to call the cops."

"Ok, then I'll just show them the bruises that you gave me."

"Well then I'll return the favour."

"What is your problem?"

"My problem is that I found you last night having sex with someone who clearly wasn't me!"

"Which is completely your fault!"

"My fault, how was it my fault?"

"Because you never act nice around me anymore, you only care about your supervisor these days."

"I could say the same thing about you! All you care about is work. Work this, work that. What about me? Why can't you take one day off of work to be with me? You want to be there all the time, not caring for me, caring for your boss!"

"Have you ever thought that maybe I didn't love you anymore, that you could have ended it a long time ago! That I started to hate you, not love you. Why didn't you end it? WHY?"

"Because I still loved you! I wanted to make it work! I wanted you to help me!"

"But apparently you don't love me anymore!" He was referring to Chad.

"Neither do you! Who do you love now? HUH? WHO? TELL ME?"

"My boss! Mr. Flanagan, I love my boss!"

I was taken aback, my ex-husband was gay, or bi, one of the two.

"What?"

"Yup Alice, I'm bi, took you long enough to figure it out."

He ran out of the house crying as I just stood there, stunned.

Why was my life turning out to be this way? One day here I am with a lawyer husband, and the next a gay ex-husband.

I got back into my room and flopped into my bed. I just sat there laughing, not crying, but laughing. For some reason I found the entire situation hilarious.

The next morning (Monday) I felt better than I ever could have felt. I did my usual morning routine and got in my car, this time I had no existential crisis, just joy. I was going to see Chad.

I blasted the radio (which today was all music) and stuck my arm out the window and let it fly in the wind. As the radio blasted I sang boisterously to the song "I will survive" by Gloria Gaynor.

Out of this entire experience some good came out of this. Like my brother always said, there is a good thing that comes out of everything. I can finally be with Chad without any problems. First my husband cheated on me, then he turns out to be bisexual. What a perfect solution to my troubles.

I passed Flora again at the office. "You look happy," she said as she regarded me.

"What do you say to having a little girl's night tonight?"

"I think that sounds good Alice. What's the occasion?"

"Just celebrating my husband coming out."

Flora laughed like it was just a normal thing that happened around the office. "Girl, sometimes you are really crazy."

I think she thought I was just fooling her, was she ever wrong. I went to my office to find Chad had already been sitting there.

"What are you doing here already?"

"I was just excited to see my supervisor again."

My heart skipped a beat, he was excited to see me.

On today's agenda we were to go to an actual house visit and assess if the child were in a good situation.

Chad and I hopped into the government provided car and were off. Today we were going to Lantzville to a house that was reported to have parents that stayed up all night bickering screaming at each other, or at least that is what the neighbour reported.