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face still looked laced with anger, I was trying to keep it in check before I stepped out ag

As she promised earlier, she had waited until the end of the day. She was the on

and glar

ee," I said bluntly. "Have you reconsider

th her sad eyes and

will be leaving as

to give you until tomorrow morning to think it through overnig

at if you like," sh

anger rise from m

t the measly notice. I'll get Libby to finish your work, and

taunting question, but she stood her ground

couldn't get a rise out of her. "Very

o break in two when the shock wore off, I know how much she loved working here, and that was why I wanted to give her

d the key in my fingers. I felt an unfamiliar, unco

was easily hurt. I could see that this was killing her, being t

she'd lost in the past year: her father, her home, her whole way of life. Now she had her invalid mother to care for, a

best" I mutter

her blue eyes hazel

?" she

isn't love eternal, and there are eligible men elsewhere. You'll get ov

as she struggled

as the worst humiliation she could ever remember feeling in her

naged to say before turnin

d the door. With both her two hands full, I opened

she said ab

he's a terrible human being an

r, you are the worst of them,"

e added in a dull miserable tone. She walked toward her car with her heart around her

left behind. It was so unlike her to forget things

back for it. I waited for over half an hour, yet there wasn't any sign of her. I picked the cake furiously

g and walked out of