Ellyn Oaksmith's Blog - Posts Tagged "infidelity"
Fact is Stranger than Fiction -- Infidelity
The inciting incident (screenplay talk) that kicks off the action in my new book $38,000, is infidelity. When I tell people this they never, of course, jump in with stories about how they have been the victim or perpetrator of infidelity. But they will tell me about their friends and neighbors. One lady told me about a next door neighbor whose wife went on vacation with the children. The husband managed his own little "Stay-cation," complete with his girlfriend from work.
In order to keep things on the lowdown, the husband would go out to her car, parked in the street, with his own gym bag and tuck her little pink overnight bag inside, carrying it inside. Things came to an awkward head when the cheating husband's little dog got out of the yard one morning and made a dash for the neighbor's house, where his little dog buddies live. The neighbor tucked the dog under her arm, wanting to simply sneak the dog back into the yard and avoid anyone, male or female sneaking out of the house on their way to work. Of course the girlfriend was at the back door, half-dressed, looking for the dog. She dashed back in the door and the husband came out. The dog rescuing lady looked at the man knowing that she should have kept her mouth shut. She didn't say much, just a comment about his lovely family. He responded by telling her that he was just taking a little vacation, like his wife. No harm, no foul.
I couldn't have written a better scene. It was both funny and sad and left me wondering what happened later. Yes, I have a lot more stories that people have shared but I'm off to work on my own book.
Happy Election Day!
In order to keep things on the lowdown, the husband would go out to her car, parked in the street, with his own gym bag and tuck her little pink overnight bag inside, carrying it inside. Things came to an awkward head when the cheating husband's little dog got out of the yard one morning and made a dash for the neighbor's house, where his little dog buddies live. The neighbor tucked the dog under her arm, wanting to simply sneak the dog back into the yard and avoid anyone, male or female sneaking out of the house on their way to work. Of course the girlfriend was at the back door, half-dressed, looking for the dog. She dashed back in the door and the husband came out. The dog rescuing lady looked at the man knowing that she should have kept her mouth shut. She didn't say much, just a comment about his lovely family. He responded by telling her that he was just taking a little vacation, like his wife. No harm, no foul.
I couldn't have written a better scene. It was both funny and sad and left me wondering what happened later. Yes, I have a lot more stories that people have shared but I'm off to work on my own book.
Happy Election Day!
