Neighborhood Watch by Kevin Kenealy

Author:Kevin Kenealy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kevin Kenealy
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5: Ridgeport 1983

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In 1983, Sue Ellen and Peter divorced. It was also the year that Sue Ellen created the Neighborhood Watch. They married in 1980. They started with great heat, but after ’82, something lit a match that sparked the kindling, which ended up raging into a wild dumpster fire of a marriage by July of ’83.

Peter decided he was ready for kids in the spring of ’82. Sue Ellen laughed it off and told Peter that he’d married the wrong girl. She wasn’t the motherly type. He thought she might come around, but when she refused to give up taking birth control, things turned south in more than one way.

“You said you wanted kids when we were engaged!” he’d cry.

“I don’t remember saying that,” she snapped back.

As the months dragged on, Sue Ellen became more controlling of her husband. In fact, Sue Ellen controlled her husband like a puppet. She was Pavlov, and he was her dog. Peter objected to this control at first but eventually just gave in. He knew that it was not worth fighting for.

“Remember, I’m going out with a couple of friends this Friday night, dear,” he said.

“Oh yeah, no, I think it’s better if we attend that aerobics class together, I’ve been talking about. They have one every Friday at the gym.”

“This Friday? But I’ve been scheduling this with the guys for weeks. Can’t we start the class next Friday?”

Sue Ellen flashed a look at Peter that said a firm “no,” and Peter hung his head obediently.

“Yes, dear. I’ll call them up and say I’m not going.”

Sue Ellen smiled widely and said, “Perfect. You’ll have a great time.”

About a year later, Sue Ellen suspected Peter of cheating, despite having no evidence. She thought because he kept late nights, something was off. Sue Ellen once followed him to his job because she suspected he was having a fling with a coworker. She was wrong. Instead of finding Peter flirting with some floozy, she walked into his office and saw him lurched over his computer, typing away.

“Peter! There you are.”

“Um, Sue Ellen? I’m surprised to see you here.”

“Oh, well, I missed you silly. I just thought I’d drop by.”

“That’s very sweet. It’s good to see you.”

Sue Ellen smiled, but Peter tapped his finger on his desk, looking from the computer and back to his wife.

“Honey, I’m sorry, but I have an awful lot of work to do. If I can finish a few things up here, though, I’ll do my best to get home early today, okay?”

“Oh, sure, sure.”

Peter smiled at his wife, and Sue Ellen smiled back. Before heading out to leave, she scanned the room for any good-looking women. She didn’t see any, not any, as beautiful as herself at least. She felt so much better than she had before she walked in until this one walked into the building as she was leaving. She was younger and at least just as pretty and dressed in a scandalous low-cut top. Her heart sank, and she began to ponder all over again if this could be a girl Peter was having an affair with.

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