Page 28 of Whisper Sweet Nothings
No one says that. It’s when in Rome, and we aren’t in Rome.
Just go have some fun. You’re only young once.
Archer
If I’m young, what does that make you?
Younger than you.
Archer
Fine. I won’t be too late.
I chuckled and was just setting my phone down when it vibrated again. I was going to tell him to stop texting me and go have some fun when I saw my ex-husband’s name on my phone.
He hadn’t texted in a few weeks, and I was hoping now that I’d left Chicago, he’d move on as well.
Jaden
Hey. How’s small-town living?
I didn’t want to give him any information about where I was or what I was doing. He hadn’t made this divorce easy on me. He’d dragged it out, and financially he’d hit me hard.
We weren’t friends anymore.
We hadn’t been in a very long time.
All is good.
Jaden
I’m sending you a screenshot of the bill for the BMW. It broke down and needs some work.
He loved to word it as “the BMW,” when it was very much his car.
A photo of a bill for $1700 came across my screen, and I rolled my eyes.
Why would you send me a bill for your car? We’re divorced. This is your problem not mine.
Jaden
I would never have gotten this car if we hadn’t been married. We had two incomes when I bought it.
We actually had one income when you purchased that car, because you were between jobs. And if you remember, I kept the same car that I’d had since high school. You chose to buy a car that you couldn’t afford. That is on you, Jaden. I wish you nothing but the best, but we need to not speak for a while. I’ve asked you to stop texting me numerous times.
I’d made this request during our very messy divorce.
But every few weeks, Jaden liked to have a few cocktails (which was a nice way of saying “a dozen cocktails”) in the evening, and then he’d start rage-texting me. I’d tried blocking his number, but he’d always have his mother message me. She’d then beg me to unblock him and promise that he’d just text to check in and nothing more.
But here we were again, and it was a pattern that wouldn’t change unless I gave him no option.
Jaden
So I’m supposed to pay a bill I can’t cover because you chose to leave our marriage?
Jaden
How fucking selfish are you?
