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to it a pariah, than

side, his hand possessively o

quaintances, the pictur

h

followed me

es. The one who got pregna

Such a scandal

aking in Liv and h

shard of glass, embed

elt frozen

quieter corner, needi

, Liv' s friends

les were

, a woman named Tiffany whose father Jul

s. A shame about the

ly" spilled a glass of red wine down

oomed like a

tit

alk away, my

whose name I didn' t k

inches from the grand marble foun

n burned t

rushe

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, then stepped forward, raisi

gaze swept the room, landing on me

, my love for her endures. We w

murs went thr

m. Pity, tinged w

st cement

supposed infidelity and hi

ground to swa

then, his express

? That was a nasty spill

s low, for m

what people are sayin

he' d constructed. I knew the actu

ere hollow,

s handkerchief f

concern in his eyes, and felt no

was gone.

y the French doors l

ow this is hard. But once Liv has the baby, once t

lly beli

crucifixion, after this profound

he said, his voice sof

irage, shattered

s no goi

t stand

an," I said, my voi

." Not our home.

urprised, t

I should stay with Liv. S

cou

y was clear

to come with me.

om my own family' s gala, from

as quiet, unno

o a night of pu

house, the silen

each one a reminder of a l

li

and

just his.

to my dre

out my

an to

lly. Syst

books. My perso

d placed was a smal

elf from this spa

turned ho

essing room, surround

doorway, his eyes

hat are yo

arp, a note of p

in weeks, he look

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