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Mike was having a tough time with his marriage, his wife Sally had been giving him a hard time lately with his job, even though she knew all the times Mike had to stay late in the office where necessary for him to keep his job and for the bills to be paid, yet she seemed to want a luxurious life without the consequences of it. The couple had to move out of their hometown due to mike´s job a couple months ago which meant neither mike nor sally had any friends in town, yet they both handled it different from each other, sally usually went shopping, but mike since he had very little time he could only find comfort in local bars, with no one´s company but his own which was leading him into alcoholism, he realized once he started drinking he couldn´t stop, this often lead to arguments within the couple which were usually about the same, her spending too much money and he drinking way too much.

This of course weakened their marriage, they were very close to divorce, which worried mike, because he truly loved his wife, but recently he was having trouble proving it to his wife, so one day he decided he should surprise sally with a weekend out of town, and so he went on to try and find a nice place for them to spend over the weekend, he looked everywhere, beach resorts and houses but since it was winter it didn´t seem right to go to the beach during winter, and so he settled for a cabin up in the woods, away from the city´s noise and stress.

That night mike fought his urge to go to the bar and instead went straight home to his wife, which surprised her. Mike told sally the surprise he had prepared for her, sally gladly accepted mike´s invitation, but still she didn´t understand where this was coming from, and so she asked:

“I really appreciate you doing this, but may I ask why?” She said.

Mike was a bit shocked by the question because he could not believe that even when he took the time to plan this weekend out of town he was still being questioned like he had done something wrong, but still he decided that getting angry at Sally would only make things worse so he kept his cool and explained himself.

“I just think we have been a bit distant with each other recently and I would like for us to be close like we were a while ago and I think this little getaway could help us” he said.

“I think it´s a very good idea, thank you for taking the time to plan this, I know how busy you´ve been lately and I really appreciate you taking time of your work to plan this” she said.

Mike felt something he hadn´t felt in a long time, a warmth felling spreading through his chest, it was love. At first he had his doubts about how good his idea was but now he was certain it had been quiet a good one.

The week went by smoothly; Mike had told Sally about the trip on Monday and the trip was scheduled for Friday. That afternoon mike came straight home like he had done the entire week, which made him feel kind of proud about himself, because even though he didn´t want to admit he was an alcoholic deep down he knew he was. As soon as he got home the couple grabbed their bags and got in the car, it was kind of a long drive, it would take them about three hours to get to the cabin.

It all went fine, they enjoyed each other´s company like they hadn´t done since their honeymoon, they had a really nice time, on Saturday they decided to open a bottle of wine, Mike was a bit afraid he would not be able to control himself, yet he decided to ignore the thought and had a glass of wine, and just like he predicted he ended up getting drunk but Sally was just as drunk as Mike, which allowed mike to excuse himself for being drunk.

Sunday afternoon they packed their bags and drove off, back to the city. They both had their hearts full of hope because they finally had a chance of saving their marriage. It was a comforting thought.

They were about an hour into the drive back when they reached the road that went through the mountains, which was full of sharp turns and steep hills, which in normal conditions might not have been much of an issue, the only problem was that Mike had decided to cure his wine hangover with some beer, which meant he was a bit drunk, but he didn´t want Sally to realize because that would only spark a new discussion.

It was all going okay, mike had been able to control himself and the car good enough, the road was almost over and mike got confident and decided to go a bit faster.

Bad call, from one second to another the car went over the roadside barrier and falling off a cliff, the car landed sideways into a rock, it was Sally´s side which had received all the impact.

Mike was still in his seat secured by the safety belt, he turned to see how his wife was. He threw up, the image was too shocking, Sally was covered in blood, a nasty wound on the side of her forehead painted her whole face red, Mike could tell she was very weak, when he opened his mouth to ask how was she, she placed a finger gently to his lips telling him to shut up.

“thank you” she said.

Mike saw life fading from her face.