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ut then I jerked awake when we pull

and we rode into this hu

the place altogether, and e

rdens all around it, it look

to one of the ho

t the hous

s completely gla

, and it looked

ng, and he helped me with my dres

de and observ

either white,

on and the furniture and lig

re the beauty of this

heatless Mafia

woman appeared fro

this is Amber's new

the housekeeper; I'm glad you're here, at least finally a fe

y father's friends were men and they didn't like bringing women along with them, making us feel like infidels

make her comfortable. I'm really tired; it was like I was the

room", she said, helping me with the wedd

ich bill

led me into a room and

ired t

with white paint, a bed,

, enjoy yourself; when you're done, you can come back and

e at

floated in m

going to be

ing to spend the r

ed....

she

ding dress and to

out how fun her wedding day was and how gl

his was me

lf on my we

tly was I

ll sell myself to a man that g

nestly.... right n

.. this is not me...if he wants to treat m

... I'm going to treat him lik

afraid

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but I remember taking a long bath before w

next morning, I had received

eocall her as I walked to th

ked up

d,, grabbing an e

abe, you're glowing. Just one night and you're

led m

t now, I look like something that was crushed

the house or something; I wanna see

walked out of the b

", I said showin

plain",

eek, and I'll turn this place int

or and the smell of

d the kitchen after

ing and shouting and saying I was so

ind the house; it was covered with twig

hink he's coming

excuses to be anywhere far from me; I'll do the

evil as everyone is tal

cof

onestly, what is he going to do to me that

g and cut the call on you;

. what else would be that definition? God,

ll be spending the rest of your life with,"

nd looked

wore a navy blue button-up shirt and rolled up t

e top so it revealed a good part o

that hung generously on his shoulde

..too blue that they looked W

nk lips with a

his face when he realize

ped ou

l there? ...girl?", Sa

ter Sam", I managed to

was stuttering.... si

ched out

ce to meet you to

roz

shit

, I mean, not like he wasn't what I descri

what I look like", I said nerv

hrug

ly remember names...or any

y snapped ba

ing?", I immed

't look gui

usually get days off

ack today, huh?"

a plane here

ou used to come back, y

ifying what you

our dreams ", he said puttin

d not jus

to not show up on our wedding day,

huck

e what you thought

iately

did you agree if you knew you weren't

o me, filling in t

ked dow

agree too?",

row

smi

e both speechl

ar on a Tuesday afternoon?" he asked, and then it occurred to me

rned

t be calling for something you won't be able

added and walked, leaving