A Harper Divorce

Last year they had this big wedding down at the Harper Lake Baptist Church. Leslie Sue Marshpad married Hubert Fallin. There were twenty bridesmaids and twenty groomsmen. A real big deal. The bride was in her forties and the groom was thirty-nine and they were before the big event, thought of as confirmed single folks. It was only the taunting of their friends and parents that threw them together. I will say it looked like true love because of the way they looked at each other and the way they walked around holding hands and stuff like that. Happiness looked to be their future. But it was not to be. It wasn't nine months until Leslie Sue filed for divorce. She claimed when Hubert had insisted they keep that obey part in the wedding vows she had no idea just how much stock he put into it.  Hubert, for his part, had no objection to the split. He claimed Leslie Sue had set out to change him into just another of her girl friends. He said she wanted a shopping buddy and someone to talk to, not a husband. Leslie Sue said she could deal with a lot of Hubert's bad habits but when it came to the bedroom she had no idea Hubert had all that stuff in mind when he was wooing her. The divorce will be final in a month or two.

Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle