Town Houses

By Emma Epson

Town Houses is a short story about two neighbouring couples.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emma Epson
• Release date: Aug 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370189731

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Town Houses

There was a town house in a suburban street with a beige exterior topped with a bourbon pointy roof guarded by a dull brick fence with an old stale gate. There was nothing special about the house. In each house within a house lived a couple, both couples were unmarried childless heterosexuals living middled class lives and had nine to five jobs. Both seemed reasonably content.

In the first home, 1a lived Elliot and Melody. Elliot at first was hesitant about moving to 1a because of the address 1a. He thought it sounded arrogant and pretentious because they won’t just be the first house by numerals but also first in the alphabet.

Look at me I’m number one Elliot said flailing his arms