The Lie That Lived With Us

evening,

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onymous, saying Brenda' s a home-wrecker, that she' s trying to trap a m

e, Isabelle quietly reading in a

' t. I' ve been h

as hoarse.

tened. "Are you okay?

I'm getti

r a moment. "I'

Mark stayed

fever. He took care of Le

esented me with a beaut

rated copy of "The Little Pri

e book dealer in London," he said,

rings on my finger. I remembered the good

ed from new motherhood,

by the thoughtful gift, I ca

e weak but firm. "Your absolute final

es sincere. "I un

. It was Mark' s number, but it w

er, I could hear him.

I asked, an uneasy fe

out her being a predator, all spread online. Her freelance contract with the Chandler Group? Ter

roblem how?" I as

rah! She has nowhere to

w. "If you walk out that door to help B

ar Brenda sobbing dramat

' s my friend, my coll

tsteps, the front doo

He chose