Penalty Fare

... Penalty Fare If you have done everything wrong in your relationship, one day you know that it's the last chance you'll ever get to do it right, and then you miss it by an accident. Then it will hurt, you'll get angry and frustrated, and you will say that it is not fair. Then you forget that you cannot control everything, and you probably know that already, but it's harder to face reality, when it's you it's about. In the short story "Penalty Fare," is Paul's relationship to Tammy not working out, and you get the impression when you are reading the text that it's because of his irresponsibility, they aren't together anymore. He misses her, and thinks if she comes back, then he won't feel so miserable anymore. The text says: "I would be there first and then Tammy would come home again and I would stop sprawling on the

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