Mislaid Plans Short Story

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As the title of Monica Ware’s short story, “Mislaid Plans”, implies; things don’t always go as planned and even if they do that does not mean that the outcome would be a happy one. “Mislaid Plans” immediately introduces a problem many are all too familiar with; financial struggle. When the unidentified woman encounters what appears to be endless bills as stated within the first sentence of the short story, she dreadfully goes to tell her husband of unforeseen news she had discovered; the fact that their insurance policies were no longer valid. When she enters the house the unusual smell of gas in the kitchen prompts her to find a note one can assume was written by her husband as he writes that his life insurance should grant the woman and her