[ WP ] Write a story where each sentence has one more word than the last .

`` So...'' 
 
 ``... so what?'' 
 
 `` So, about this --'' 
 
 `` Eli, please, not yet.'' 
 
 `` Got ta discuss it sometime, right?'' 
 
 `` I ca n't do this right now.'' 
 
 Of course she could n't do this now. That had been her excuse for a while. She was too busy, too tired, or too stubborn. Eli ground his teeth and took a deep, cleansing breath. 
 
 `` You know it's just going to get worse if we do n't --'' 
 
 `` Eli, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but seriously: not now.'' 
 
 `` Would we even have this conversation if **I** was the one who cheated?'' 
 
 Sandra gasped and her face went as white as the flour on her hands. 
 
 `` What do you mean'would we have this conversation' if you had been the one?'' 
 
 `` I mean, if a guy cheats in a relationship, then he's just some skirt-chasing pervert.'' 
 
 `` Oh, please, guys brag about their romantic conquests all the time, even if it's cheating or not.'' 
 
 `` But,'' he spoke over her, `` If a WOMAN cheats, it's because she's lonely or the guy did n't understand --'' 
 
 As much as she hated it, as much as she did n't want to, she quickly found herself bursting into tears. Eli stopped talking and looked away from Sandra as she fetched a dish towel and began dabbing at her eyes. He truly wanted to feel sorry for her, he desperately wanted to understand where she was coming from, but he just couldn ’ t. His mind still reeled at the enormity of the situation and he found it so hard to believe something like this could happen. This couldn ’ t happen, not to them, not after four years of living together, and all the good and bad things that came with it. His hands fidgeted, itching for some activity, so he turned back to the cutting board while chopping vegetables and struggling to keep his voice calm. 
 
 `` I…I keep going over it in my head again and again…I want to understand why it happened, but…then it starts hurting too much and I stop.'' 
 
 “ If that ’ s what you ’ re feeling, what do you think I ’ m -- ” She could feel herself getting angry and she knew that was the wrong path to take. 
 
 They looked at each other and mutually understood they were on a precipice, that whatever they said to one another in the next few moments would decide everything.
