Champagne Life

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front door. I raced to tell DeShaun my semi-good news but stopped in my tracks when I saw his expression.
    â€œWhat happened?”
    He clanked his car keys onto the hall table.
    â€œWhat is it?” I asked again.
    â€œYou wouldn’t believe it.”
    â€œBelieve what?” I was getting impatient.
    â€œI was fired today.”
    A part of me was relieved that the news wasn’t a death. The other part of me wanted to double over and puke out a lung. It felt like I was kicked in the gut—and in a sense, I had been. Life circumstances were rearing its ugly head once again. A grain of happiness was apparently too much.
    â€œWhat happened? I thought your manager was about to give you a raise. You were a guarantee for that managerial position. What the hell happened between last week and today? How could you have possibly screwed that up?”
    â€œHe’s a jerk,” DeShaun said. “And he can kiss my ass for all I care. If that bastard thinks I need that job, then he can kiss my black ass twice. I don’t need him or anyone else.”
    â€œAre you serious? Of course, you need that job. We can barely make ends meet now. In case you haven’t done the math yet, less money in our pockets means less money to pay the bills.”
    â€œI know that!” He was getting angry and I didn’t care. I was getting angry that he even had the nerve to be angry for something he did. Who the hell got fired from a service job? My husband, that’s who!
    I threw my hands in the air. “Now what are we supposed to do? Do you think I can deal with this right now?”
    â€œStop being so dramatic. I’m the one that got fired.”
    His constant reminders of the obvious burned me up. “Yes, you did,” I said through clenched teeth. “And what did you get fired for anyway?” I tried to keep my expression calm, but on the inside, I felt the flames searing right through me.
    His angry expression softened. He shook his head and let his gaze drop to the floor.
    What did that mean? What was he so ashamed of…aside from the obvious?
    â€œWhy did you get fired?” I asked again.
    He shook his head. “It was stupid. It wasn’t my fault. Stiles had it in for me ever since Mr. Herjavec wanted to cut him out of the planning of some big party.”
    â€œI didn’t ask if it was your fault. I asked why you got fired. It’s not a difficult question.”
    He shot me a warning look.
    â€œDid you finally snap and hit that pig bastard? What?”
    He shook his head again.
    What the hell was that look?
    I was beginning to reach my boiling point. “What then?”
    â€œI was fired for stealing,” he finally mumbled, but quickly added, “It wasn’t my fault, though.”
    â€œPlease tell me you are joking. For stealing? Really? I would have more respect for you if you had told me you clocked him.”
    He shot me another look.
    â€œAre you serious?”
    â€œAre you?”
    DeShaun looked up, his gaze connecting with mine. “Why can’t you support me? Is it that hard?”
    â€œHow can I support you for doing something so stupid?”
    â€œGee, I don’t know,” he said. “How about, maybe because you’re my wife and I would support you, regardless?”
    The fact that he would want to me fall in line with this absurd mess angered me even more. “Of course, you would support me. I would never do anything so idiotic. Stealing? You want me to support that? Let me ask you something; do you have any idea how difficult it is to support your spouse when he has minimal earning potential? When we first got married, I supported the both of us financially. Oh sure, you finally decided to get a job—as a waiter! What the hell? That’s okay for high school but don’t you think it’s time to put your big boy boxers on and get a real job?It’s easy for you to have to deal with me because I have

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