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The taxi driver is about to ask another question, but whatever it is, she cuts him off. He may want to talk, but Rosemary doesn’t.
“Usually my husband picks me up,” she says.
The mention of a husband can work wonders with over-attentive strangers. And it’s easiest to refer to Eric as her husband. It takes too much explaining if she calls him her “significant other” or “spousal equivalent” or “partner” or any of the other terms they’ve tried on.
From “The Returning Wife” by Margaret Watson in The Fiddlehead, Issue 301, Autumn 2024 (Available from independent book stores or you can order a copy of issue 301 through TheFiddlehead.ca.) NEW
"The Returning Wife" in The Fiddlehead, Issue 301, Autumn 2024. NEW
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