The 750 Project; after ==== there are 750 words, the minimum allowed for a story, and the maximum for this challenge.
Please read my profile for my stance on feedback. Feel free to email suggestions or start a conversation. Private messages work too.
Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Michael Mills: "'Cause everybody cries, and everybody hurts, sometimes."
====
My name is Gabriella Estafado. I'm a successful obstetrician-gynecologist and recently divorced. My ex, Mason Smidollato, traded me in for a trophy bride. He's your typical balding paunch bellied good ole boy. Definitely one of those with little tolerance for minorities. I'm race blind. It doesn't matter to me. In retrospect, I wonder how I tolerated Mason.
No need to guess, I'm a very bitter woman. Mason and I met after I had established my own practice. With all of my accolades and licenses in my maiden name, I retained my name when we married. Mason was, and continues to be, a successful real estate developer.
Last spring I answered our house door, on a Sunday, and was served with divorce papers. Not a word had been mentioned about his unhappiness with our marriage.
When I confronted Mason his casual attitude really got to me "Oh, I see you got your papers. We can share the house until it sells. If you want it, I'll sell you my half."
"That's it? You blindside me and offer no explanation?"
"Well dear, a divorce means a married couple is seeking to become single people. I'm sure you've heard of them before."
"Fuck you asshole. Put the house up for sale. I want nothing to remind me of you."
Only later did I get to meet the bimbo he had on the hook. This young blond, with boobs so big that she waddled when she walked, had replaced me. Good for him.
Assets were split, the house was sold, and in about four months, I was on the market again. I'm not very interested in starting a new relationship at this point.
I love my job. I mostly work with women, but if a couple is having trouble conceiving, I work with the husband too.
This morning it was an Asian couple, the Sakamotos, with that issue. As is normal, my staff had the man provide a semen sample. A quick view, under a microscope, told me the problem wasn't with the man. Blood draws from both were sent off to the lab to see if any of the easiest to detect problems were the cause.