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Uncaged
Date: 9/4/2016, Categories: Cheating, Author: SITTING, Rating: 26, Source: LushStories
to justify the evening that lay in store. “I really like the opera. It’s beautiful. I love it.” “I’m sure you do,” Heath said but she saw the sparkle of amusement in his eye and it made her feel almost angry. “Just because we don’t drop everything and go on holiday like you doesn’t mean we don’t have a good time,” she snapped. “Some people have responsibilities.” “But don’t you hate it?” Heath said suddenly, and he turned and grasped her wrist, his voice unexpectedly impassioned. “Don’t you hate going to work and trying to stay happy and doing the same thing, day after day, year after year? It’s like a death sentence.” Isla stared at him a second, her eyes unable to look away from his and then she pulled free of his hold and laughed. “No it’s not. In that case, life is a death sentence. Death is inevitable. I’m spending my life with the people I love. It’s perfect.” “But it’s not,” Heath said and he seemed almost pitying. “You can’t break free. You do what everybody expects you to do. You have to fit into their expectations to do things you might not necessarily want to do. And if you don’t, if you try to change, people hate it. You alienate them.” He grabbed her hand again, forcing her to look at him. “I mean, imagine if you went home tonight, and your husband - he’s called Jeff, right? - Imagine if Jeff presented you with, surprise, surprise, two tickets to Don Giovanni and you said you didn’t want to go. If you said you’d rather stay in and watch a movie. Oh, and you ...