And Then Came the Honeymoon

This is my entry for the 2021 April Fools Day Contest. It's a stand-alone piece involving characters introduced in my earlier stories, "Always a Bridesmaid" and "And Never a Bride". I invite you to read those as well. Enjoy! ***** My phone buzzed, and I saw it was my boyfriend, Marcus. My mouth twitched in a smile seeing his name pop up, but I felt a quick stab of concern, because he rarely called from work. "Marcus," I said. "Hi baby...is everything okay?" "I just heard from my lawyer," he said. "The divorce is final. It's over, Kiki." "Oh, thank god," I sighed. Just a sigh? He was finally free from his short but bitter marriage, and free to get on with his life. After all he'd been through -- after all I'd been through with him -- I should have been weeping tears of joy or screaming with delight. No doubt those emotions would come later, but now all I could manage was relief. "Oh, baby," ...