Betty hadn't seen her friend Angie in a while and wanted to get caught up with the changes in Angie's life. "Tell me," Betty inquired. "What's this I hear that your marriage with William was on the rocks?"
"I guess I should have seen it coming," Angie replied. "William had ignored his hair graying for several years, and suddenly he had his hair styled and dyed jet black. I asked why, and William said 'It's time for a change.' And for years, William dressed casually, but suddenly he was buying stylish clothes in an effort to look younger. I asked why, and William said, 'It's time for a change.'
"William also never bought a car more expensive than a Honda Civic," Angie continued. "Yet one day, he pulls up in a Dodge Viper and says it's for his own personal use. I ask why, and William said, 'It's time for a change.' And William exercised so little that he dreaded getting up to switch the channel on the TV, yet he suddenly purchased exercise and jogging clothes and excused himself each evening to go to a health club. I asked why, and William said, "It's time for a change.'
"And then four months ago, William announces that he wanted a divorce so he could marry his 24-year-old secretary, whom he had been seeing regularly for a year," Angie sighed. "I asked him why, and William said, 'It's time for a change.'"
"So did you get a good divorce attorney?" Betty asked. "No, I couldn't afford one. William had bled our savings account dry," Angie noted. "So I instead went to Zelda. She's not a lawyer; and she has a strange office decorated with burning candles, pentagrams and straw dolls in a storefront off the downtown area"
"But what did she do to show William the error of his way?" Betty asked.
Angie didn't answer, but instead announced, "Excuse me
for a minute," and walked into a nearby bedroom. She approached
a crib in which a fussy baby boy was making noises. Picking up
the baby, Angie inspected his diaper and wrinkled her nose at
her discovery. "William," Angie said, "It's time
for a change."