My Lovely Wife

Millicent likes her clock radio. It is an old one, the kind with flip numbers and faux wood casing, and it annoys me to no end. The radio is her way of leaving the toilet seat up.

Now I see my mistake. Focusing only on my family has left me isolated and alone, except for one old friend who can never know the truth.

I always wanted to be more than above average.

When I open the door, I hear the sounds of my life. My family. The only real one I ever had.

Jenna does something because she wants to, not because it will make someone else angry,

run-down rented house.

was initially identified with dental records

shoved into the closet

The motel is a single strip of a building,

The motel was abandoned and left to the elements, rodents, transients, and drug addicts