The Smelker Seven

Search Words - Piece of Fiction

Nicola sighed as she scanned her post while dispiritedly walking up the path to her house. Junk, junk, junk, oh here was an envelope from her attorney. Bet it’s a summons from The Schmuck. The Schmuck was her soon-to-be ex-husband. Probably wants the car, the house and everything else he can get his grubby hands on.

As she jiggled her key in the lock she heard Lulu yapping inside. “Why do you insist on such a yappy little dog?” Robert (the Schmuck) had growled soon after the wedding. Nicola had no real answer, except she liked Lulu – wasn’t that enough? He’d bought Lulu as a gift while they were dating, as a ‘token of his love’, but like so many ‘tokens’ it was a means to hide his manipulative ways. She recalled all the jewelry he had given her, it meant nothing now; in fact she planned to return it all to him.

The only problem with divorcing a high-powered attorney who had personal wealth and business clout behind him was all the debt she was incurring. Every time she turned around there was another summons, and each time she had to defend herself and it all cost money. Her credit was wrecked, and trying to keep up with the mortgage payments meant she was working insane hours. Acquaintances at work, those not in the know, wanted to know what her weight loss secret was, thinking she was on some fabulous diet. She even had to squelch the rumour she was battling cancer!

Perusing the bills caused her to shudder. Home insurance and car insurance were both due. “I might have to loan money from mom and dad again,” she said as an aside to Lulu. The Yorkshire Terrier pranced about her feet, she didn’t care what mood Nicola was in, she gave her love freely. Nicola smiled vaguely and leant over to ruffle the silky fur that felt more like human hair than dog fur. “Well, you’re a cheap roommate at least,” she chuckled. “All you need is food, water and some grooming every once in a while. You’re not a fashion plate wanna-be like The Schmuck.”

Nicola placed the bills on her desk and switched on her i-Book to go online and check email. Her business emails were forwarded to the house in case she needed to take care of something late at night. She realized, again, that she needed to update her Word processing software. The stuff at work was one version higher than what she currently had at home. At least at home though she didn’t have to worry about Spyware, not like at work. OK, well time to get to go work on her true love, writing – her book was almost done!

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Contained in this short essay are the most-searched words for 2007. (Not including Britney Spears!)

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posted by The Smelker Seven @ 12:02 PM