her alarm and rea
n fo
lothes ready before he came downstairs, a
r face and brushed her teeth.
ernight. Faint purple fingerprints, p
them gently.
ing them with makeup. The housema
By the time she had laid out his white shirt, black tr
oor o
ked in, eyes
are my
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at them,
e my br
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abe
stop
having dinner at Derrick's toni
ked bac
nded his wife
red the
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ecessary questions an
without a
hed the kitchen whe
ch
day? I really
d to see her. She also knew what
I'll meet you
phone away and st
-
etting the table when h
took one sip of coffe
the coff
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e cup. He moved it
ave
ide the table
hile, he
quiet
tir
t? Stayin
dn't a
meal, and she took
cked her phone again. R
it is, you can tell
ad it
ected her marriage. All it had done was isolate her. N
ing. She was also afraid of what S
t the screen when a voi
you tal
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re, eyes fixed on t
you a q
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m wh
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out hi
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ared a
hy
ession h
just as
phone, Se
of the
er and held out
it t
screen. Rachael's mes
d - hand it over, apologize, wait for him to calm do
erything. He would stop her from seeing Rac
" she
d her as much as
did yo
. You have no reason
it. She pulle
his difficult
oing anyth
cting like you have
r let me have any
e before she
wards the dining roo
your
n it before ,always right before he found a ne
hand over
in her pock
me. Don't expect me to give you ev
othing fo
ghed. Short
e forgetting y
d and wa
where she was, h
her husband. She still had to live wit
ad kept h
and opened Rac
this afterno
phone away, and wen
is to Rachael. She didn't know what would happe
keep pretending e
ected. Her money. Her privacy. The freedom to s
how to get any
ing to understand
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