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. "Did you make it too obvious about th

o what if she did? Anyway, she can get pregnant agai

, I hadn't

starting

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work. When he opened the closet to fin

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emptiness engulfed him

went to all the places I freq

with a voice carrying fear. "Nicole said she was

he hostess of the house from now

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cally and headed straight

e I kept Ja

entered the password. He

n his mind. It was the date

he date when

p, the saf

d the black velv

the safe, a docum

s a divorce agreement,

dagger to the heart. "Rodger, you once promised we'd grow old together. Now, I leav