Why Can't We Live in the Country?

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SHORT STORY - 3700 words - 20 years after he married his opposite, Bunny, a permanently optimistic woman, Frank returns with her to Reno, the site of his lowest ebb before meeting her. Now he stands on the edge of bankruptcy and the loss of their home, but he hasn't yet told her of his business failure. Bunny loves to play the slot machines while Frank is too scared to lose any money, so walks to the shell of the old Grand Hotel, a flophouse he once stayed in, to consider his plight and how he will break the news to Bunny. Frank returns to the casino determined to tell her and to start over. Twist ending.