It was one of those painfully boring train journeys where even counting electric poles feels like a meaningful hobby. The scenery outside was dull enough to put a poet to sleep, and I had hours to survive all by myself.

Then like a gentle spring breeze she entered the train at the next station. Her charming smile, her curly hair, her sparkling eyes, her red dress, everything of her - pulled me toward her like a magnet that had finally found its metal. She sat right opposite me. I smiled. To my utter shock, she smiled back. That was the moment I realized miracles still happen.

We started talking. Soon we were chatting like long lost friends reunited after a tragic TV serial separation. I cracked jokes and she laughed. Time flew so fast that I didn’t even notice my station had arrived. I blissfully crossed not one but two extra stations. Then the ticket checker arrived like a villain in the second half of a movie and forced me to get down. I also had to pay a penalty that hurt more than heartbreak.

I looked her out of the window. She stepped out and stretched her hand to me and I grabbed it like I wanted to take her out of the window with me. Suddenly we were in intense love. Her smile was driving me crazy. He charm was making me mad. We parted with heavy hearts, but not before exchanging numbers like two teenagers in a cheap romantic novel.

After that, life became exciting. We chatted, talked on the phone and followed each other on social media. A new journey had begun. Soon, I changed my job and conveniently found one in her city. We started meeting all the time.

One day, she said, “Marry me. I am going to be the mother of your child.”
I said, “I’m ready, but my family won’t accept it.”
She asked, “Why?”
I replied, “Because my wife and five children are against it.”
She exploded. I make it clear to her that it was a joke. Then she laughed so loudly that even the waiter in the next restaurant probably heard it.

We got married soon after. And then I discovered that her beauty was largely the masterpiece of her makeup artist. It was shocking, but I stayed loyal. I found that she was not pregnant at all. She said that it was a joke. One day, she said she wanted a divorce. My soul left my body. Then she smiled and said it was a joke. I came back to life.

But slowly, things changed. Her behaviour shifted. She started ignoring me. Once she said she would share all my pain and suffering. She did share but that was my property. I had to give her half of everything as alimony.

Sometimes, jokes become very cruel in life. I joked first and then she joked, but it wasn’t a joke. She dumped me and took half of my wealth. She was expecting millions. But all I had was a rented apartment, a car on loan, and 10k Steem tokens.

By the grace of God, she could only take 5k Steem tokens from me and even those are worth less than the penalty I had paid to the ticket checker and the priest who came for our marriage ritual.😂😍🤣

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