Man Returns After Ten Years to Reclaim Ex’s Apartment—What He Saw Stopped Him Cold

The woman stood up and paced the room. I really don’t have time right now. Alex and Robert should be back soon, and dinner isn’t ready yet.

And I need to go to the store. Maybe we’ll postpone our conversation for another time? In fact, she just didn’t want her husband and son to catch Michael at home. She needed to get him out the door by any means.

You always put everything off, grumbled the ex-husband. If you had listened to me then, instead of playing your usual record about «another time,» who knows, maybe I wouldn’t have left anywhere. Michael, unlike Jennifer, had free time and was well prepared for the conversation.

So you left me, but I’m the one to blame? Interesting approach to life you have. Jennifer was offended to the core. And what about the fact that you racked up a bunch of loans, half of which fell on me after the divorce.

What about abandoning your own son. Does that not count? You’re the only one to blame for me leaving. I can repeat it a hundred more times.

Michael replied calmly. I tried to explain the situation to you so many times. And you just brushed it off.

I was just fed up to the gills with your explanations. Jennifer exploded. You just talked a lot, but did nothing.

And I had to think about our family myself. Understand? Everything was somehow on my shoulders. I had to raise little Alex, take care of you, and also think about where to get money to pay off the debts.

Not forgetting that I also went to work. We barely made ends meet. All wives try for the family.

What’s so special about that? Michael had his own views on life. Okay. Jennifer wanted at all costs to prove to her ex-husband that he was wrong.

But then what is the role of a man? Isn’t the husband supposed to be the main breadwinner? Whatever about breadwinners. You could have just helped me. But you just lounged on the couch and took out loans.

Well, to hear you tell it, I’m just some lazy degenerate. Michael was offended. By the way, I worked too…

And it’s not my fault they paid me little. Who in their right mind would pay good money to a worker like you? The ex-wife laughed. You were just slacking off at work.

That’s why they asked you to leave. They wanted me to slave away there from morning till late evening for pennies. They picked the wrong guy.

I respect myself, so I left on my own to just find myself, my place in life. And how? Successfully? Jennifer asked sarcastically. Michael always loved cheap pathos.

It’s just that his wife had managed to forget about it in 10 years and now wrinkled her nose, as if there was a bucket of garbage in front of her. It was clear that Michael was having trouble with the answer. Jennifer noted to herself with some satisfaction that her ex-husband was probably still not appreciated as he deserved…