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The post The Right Kind of House first appeared on shortsonline.]]> https://xpressenglish.com/womans-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=womans-help Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:50 +0000 https://xpressenglish.com/?p=54109 Short Story by Henry Slesar. A man finds himself trapped in a loveless marriage to a rich, bed-ridden woman who makes his life a misery. Romance blossoms when she hires an attractive nurse/companion. and the two come up with a plot to do away with the wife.

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