Shelter

By R. Cane

Can exes be friends? Is there a way to move past, let go of long held assumptions, even of the break up itself? Will there be anything on the other side? Find out in short story Shelter.

From Shelter (how they first met):
...She looked great, dressed up for a date. That part was a little awkward. The other woman didn’t seem her type at all, a basketball player, tall, toothy, checking to see who was looking at her half the time. I thought they left, but when I stopped at the bar for a drink I almost stepped on Cara’s manicured red toes in some very cute mules. Turning to apologize I found the light, bright blue eyes smiling at me. “Oh, sorry. Hey, you’re Bianca’s friend – ”
“Yes,” cheeks flush from her drink – which was also a surprise.
“Is that a Manhattan?”
“It is. My joke to myself.” The bar was called ‘New York Louie’s’
“Huh.”
Lowering her eyes, “you think it’s silly.”k
“No. Creative. Kinda cool you take the time to play like that.”
“I spent a lot of time making other people happy, now – ” blushing, “never mind, you don’t want to hear about that.”
“I kind of do,” I surprise myself saying it, “but I have another set,” pointing to the stage. ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Cane
• Release date: Sep 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463336021

R. Cane

Finding the human condition and our antics endlessly fascinating, I tend to write ‘slice of life’ pieces about moments, situations, interactions, personalities – most often with some amount of humor or irony, always with wonder. The subject or subjects are frequently lgbtq, w/w, to the degree it matters, since people are people, stories are stories.

Book preview

Shelter

by R. Cane

Published by R. Cane

Copyright 2019 R. Cane, including art, images

~

Smashwords Edition

Things that sadly need to be said:

Smashwords Edition, License Notes - This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only, and not intended to be re-sold or given away to other people. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of authors.

If you enjoy this, please encourage your friends to download their own copy.

This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Your support is appreciated :)

Shelter

I am sitting across from my friend who luckily is a vet, well, she’s my ex, actually, and we just started talking again after we kind of moved on abruptly. I adopted a cat two weeks ago and ever since I brought her home she has been steadily on the decline.

Classic shelter kitty, Dr. Evans is saying over a beer at the bar downstairs from my apartment.

Tilting my head, cupping my ear, eh?

Idiot! The woman I spent nearly three years with laughs and