IDEA - 8-17-2020
by
Patrick Ryan
1,652 Words
Jason's tenth anniversary is being celebrated on a luxurious cruise that leaves the dock at 7 p.m. When he leaves work, he finds that two of his tires are flat as a bookmark, the one night he can't afford to be late, he instantly summons an Uber to get home as quickly as possible. On the ride home, the Uber is sideswiped in a hit and run. His cell phone is stolen in the commotion, and Jason knows he's not going to make it. When he enters his house, it's almost 8:30 p.m.; his wife is waiting, angrily glaring at him. He's trying to apologize, but his wife turns her laptop around, and there's a surveillance video of Jason having sex with the intern, Anna, in their office after everyone has gone home. It happened six months ago; it was a one-time occurrence, a one-time mistake. When he returns to work on Monday, he searches for a camera from the perspective of the video, but there's no camera. He's fired by his boss, who also has the video, for having an inappropriate relationship at work with an intern. Jason starts to believe that someone is doing this to him, but who could have done it? Anna's crazy boyfriend, his boss, who was rejected by Anna, did the janitor catch them in the act and set up a temporary camera? Maybe it's the guy from his wife's gym who's obsessed and waiting for you to make a mistake, so now he's got plenty of space to make his move.
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