The Not-Murder Story (Short fiction)

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He was from a small town, or he was from a city. They had met only a few months before, or they had been married for years. There were children, or there were no children. They were together constantly, or he had just returned from deployment. He was successful, or he had just been fired from his job. His high school teachers called him clever and charming, or dense and belligerent.