Elena, Unfaithful by Myriam Coreyce Flores Moreno https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223 Interpretation of a story by Gloria Broder en-us 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC 2023-02-10 18:22:41 UTC hello@padlet.com His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. mycoreyce_fm https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220486 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220486 Once the family is gathered, Alexei elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover mycoreyce_fm https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220491 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220491 His grown children resent him mycoreyce_fm https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220496 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220496 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later mycoreyce_fm https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220497 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220497 Alexei, an old man living in Detroit, retires from his job because he decides he's exceptionally handsome mycoreyce_fm https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220498 ...for his age. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Elena. "She's getting younger and prettier," he tells his friend André.]]> 2018-04-16 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mycoreyce_fm/idobj54dn223/wish/252220498