A scene from the ending phase of Pat and Rod’s now-defunct relationship. (Patreon)

In this short story involving Pat, a faulty MP3 player, and a policeman, we get to see a bit of how things were going toward the end of Pat and Rod's relationship. 

It is important to note that the officer in the story, Keith, is in no way related to Kyth the masseuse with whom Pat was in a doomed rebound relationship. 

(I'm experimenting with the best way to format these prose pieces for your ease and comfort of reading. Here is a single-column version in a larger type size. Please let me know in the comments how this and the other .pdf formatting of pieces is working for you.)