Divorced
Divorced
She was smiling
A small victory
Would he be contesting the house
No
The cars
No
Half the savings
No
You’re agreeing with everything
Yes
I must say, that is very generous of you
He smiled
She didn’t
You’re giving me everything, just like that
Do you have a problem with that
No, I’m just surprised
I think that concludes our business
Hold on a minute, can I sell the house and cars
If that’s what you want to do
Where will you go
I’ll be renting a house, starting again
Two days later
I’m selling everything, moving to Spain
Enjoy yourself
You're settling okay
Yes, thanks
I’ll probably meet someone and settle down in Spain
Okay great
Have you met someone new
No, I’m decorating
Do you want me to pick the paper, you know you’ve no taste
Already picked it
What colour is it
Black
Don’t know if I like black, do you want me to change it for you
No, I like experimenting
Okay, I’ll change the house around then
Two minutes later
What colour should I paint the living room
If you’re selling the house, make it a neutral colour
I think the sink upstairs is leaking, will you fix it
I don’t have transport, plus you really need to be doing this yourself
Well just take your old car back, that way you can pop in now and again
Julie, you said I did your head in, you wanted a divorce. You got your wish. Now you need to get on with it.
I think someone was trying to break in last night
I’m sure the alarm would have gone off
Maybe you could look at it when you’re fixing the sink
My God, what don’t you get, we’re divorced
I know that I just didn’t realise you would be moving out
Where did you think I’d be going, up the chimney
Two days later. Julie’s sister
If you get back together with Julie, I’ll sleep with you. John gives me his blessing. He said he’ll sleep with you too
The brother
You need to take her back, man. I cannot cope with her constantly phoning. I’m suicidal man. It’s that bad, I’m having meetings with her sister, and you know how much I hate that lot.
You bloody lot deserve each other. In fact, I’m going to switch the phone off. Nobody knows where I live. For the first time in my life, it’s all going to be about me. Can of beer, and telly. What’s showing tonight? Ah, caught on camera. Families at war. The street brawl live.
Wow, brother, great punch to Johns' head. Watch Julie’s sister, though. Oh, high heel to the back of the head. That’ll hurt. Aw, Julie, you shouldn’t kick your sister there. That’ll be the sex out the window then. This is brilliant. I don’t know why that therapist said divorce was stressful
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