Ergo, the Ogre

It’s time once again for Fandango’s Story Starter. This week our sentence is Sharon reluctantly realized that the only way to salvage her relationship with Arthur would be to…

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Sharon reluctantly realized that the only way to salvage her relationship with Arthur would be to stop seeing her boyfriend, Lucas. The solution sounded simple enough except for one thing. She was in love with Lucas. To make things even more complicated, Sharon was also still in love with Arthur. But it was two different kinds of love.

She and Arthur shared an old, deep type of love. They’d been together for years — thirty of them. The excitement was gone but they still had fun together and truly liked one another. Finding out about Lucas broke Arthur’s heart. Sharon felt awful about it, but she should’ve been more careful. Unless there was a part of her that wanted him to know. Hmmm. That theory deserves a bit more thought.

Now, where Lucas was concerned, things were a bit more complicated. Lucas was 13 years her junior, handsome, virile — he was the perfect boyfriend. She knew it wouldn’t last forever; the age difference at their ages was too great. The more she thought about it, she and Lucas were wasting each other’s time.

However, he was the father of her child, which obviously threw a monkey wrench into the situation.

No way could she pass the kid off as Arthur’s. They hadn’t had sex in years. She also knew Lucas wasn’t the least bit interested in starting a family with her, or anyone else. He was either going to be a model or a race car driver. He changed his mind from day to day.

The way Sharon saw it, the only chance of saving her marriage would be if Arthur agreed to raise Lucas’ child as his own.

That was a lot to ask, she knew.

But, no guts, no glory. “Arthur? Can we talk?”