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, the only thing he confirmed was wheth

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that once I truly made up my mind about some

sitting on the coffee table, and I was

it would have been better if Julian

a chance to explain why I had t

e me the chance t

ned too

at felt the

riage, she had argued with me

to frustrate me most was how

e thought it mattered, she h

our three-year marriage across the table

know when I had cha

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k carefully at the

that I had alread

she s

sn't li

the folder again, but for some reason, all I coul

three seconds, one hand pres

r stomach was bothering her, or

n it now, something

sad, why hadn't

to let go, why had she

e a woman whose husba

e who already knew something and had fi

door opene

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e walk

ing the same dress. Her stomach had become more noticeable as

sk if she co

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visibly

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row

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expression made me e

wasn't ent

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as only to avoid u

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strange because

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so knew wh

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t mean the amo

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surface, nothi

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pened tonight had simply made

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e clinic in

mille's face fr

or a m

watching her, I probabl

ddenly need th

nt. I'll have my assis

e was

normal and said she wo

she a

tonight. My appointment i

ask anyth

y had enough

lawy

divo

v

endless calls

energy to keep questionin

phone and trans

confirmation appeared,

er to me, and wrapped both

nst my chest, her voice

from now on. You won't regret

n't a

my arms and held

oulder, my eyes eventually re

nature wa

ld have to do tonight was personally

was how she had ended it wit

in my arms, talkin

age kept appea

e, she hadn't taken the c

aid any attention to wh

ral of them had been trappe

n sticking out, and she had

w, I suddenly wanted t

lly been waitin

red something she

e left, she hadn't

ille, my eyes already

were sti

s half-covered

I suddenly had a

d tonight wasn't why Ivy had

planning to tell me before I put t