D.D. Ward is Writing

“Explain to me again why you’re marrying him?” I said. “He’s a total creep and raging misogynist to boot.”  I stared at Lynn with set shoulders as I waited for her response. Lynn glared at me over the laptop. I met her gaze and refused to blink. Lynn was my best friend. We had known each other since kindergarten. We shared nearly everything in common, except our taste in boys. Rain pounded on the windows of the girl’s academic dormitory, and I could actually feel the wind shifting the building. Outside, lightning spiderwebbed across the sky, and then the thunder rattled the windows. I hadn’t had time to draw a breath between lightning and thunder.  Lynn shook her head. “I’m marrying him because that’s how it is. That’s who I marry. Period. No way around it.” I picked up my wine glass and paused. Was it my wine glass? It couldn’t be Lynn’s. She was holding hers. But we were the last two girls standing tonight. Lindsay was asleep on the couch. We had held Sophie’s hair out of th...

“Explain to me again why you’re marrying him. He’s a total creep and raging misogynist to boot.” Rain pounded on the windows and I could actually feel the wind shifting the building. I stared at Lynn with set shoulders as I waited for her response. Outside, lightning spiderwebbed across the sky, and then the thunder rattled the windows. I hadn’t had time to draw a breath between lightning and  thunder.  Lynn shook her head, “I’m marrying him because that’s how it is. That’s who I marry. Period. No way around it.” “But he’s so skeezy. He’s been hitting on those three other girls the whole time and doing it right in front of you. And then, he has the nerve to propose to you. And, I don’t understand why you’re saying yes! He has no concept of consent. He broke into your bedroom! He ripped your fricking top off when you accidentally got him horny that one time! He’s a world class creep. He's a monster! Why are you marrying him?” “Because that’s how you win the game, Ren.”  Ly...

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