Julie-Rose’s husband had been ill for several years. He wasn’t bed-ridden, but he was inclined to mooch around the house in his slippers. One never knew when he would have a heart attack. For those several years Julie-Rose was on tender-hooks. Every time she came home from town she half expected him to be lying on the floor somewhere. If he never answered when she said something she wondered if he had fallen asleep in an armchair or passed away. Stress was almost a full-time job.
And then he died. Julie-Rose was amazed at how calmly she had reacted. She phoned emergency. She aided the ambulance staff. When all had gone and the body had been taken away, she phoned her adult children wo lived overseas. She planned the funeral and made all the necessary arrangements.
After about a week, she was heard to say, “It’s such a relief that Alan’s dead.” The remark was overheard by Dulcie Williamson. Did you know that July-Rose was glad when her husband died? Of course they’d been estranged for years. I’m not surprised she’s pleased her husband succumbed. No doubt she’ll get sole ownership of the house and she might learn to tidy things up a bit. That lazy husband of hers hardly lifted a finger to help her mow a lawn. No wonder she’s delighted he passed away.
Word was whispered around town” That’s the lady there. They reckon she did away with her husband. At the very least she was glad when he died.”
Once things had settled, Julie-Rose put the house up for sale and moved to another town.
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