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I blink at hiuess this will just be an experience that I’ll add to et out of my house before I call the police"

"I love you" He’s looking ht with fear "This is not over I’ll give you sooddamn it, Nat, this is not over"

He leaves my room and slams the door behind him A few seconds later I hear the front door slam too and then I hear his car – the Lexus? – peel out of the driveway

I lay back on the bed, too exhausted to cry or, ironically, sleep

"I didn’t tell hiured Did he deny it?"

"He says it was a business lunch about aher to do"

My voice is lare at her and she continues

"Natalie, if you hadn’t just gotten the news about the baby five seconds beforethe shoould you be reacting the same way?"

"Yes"

"I don’t think so" Jules climbs on the bed with me, but doesn’t touch me

"Honey, I think today has just been an eh and throw an arht"

"I heard"

I glare over at her again and she shrugs "My roo"

"What do you think?" I ask because I love her and she loves me and she’ll tell me the truth

"Do you want ?"

"Um, both"

"Okay" She takes a deep breath and looks down atthat ever happened to you I don’t believe he was cheating on you today I think that he needs to remember to be more careful of how he behaves, especially in public, because the fucking paparazzi will twist just about anything into a good story But he’s been away from all of that for years now, and I can understand why he let his guard down"

She pauses and gazes at me intently

"Natalie, he loves you He had tears in his eyes when he stormed out of here

He knows he fucked up Not only that,"

she raises her hand to stop"You have to think about the baby too I’ to stay with hi that he needs to know, and you need to re to process everything she’s saying She’s right I a this way out of proportion

"I don’t want hi with me because of the baby," I whisper

"Honey, ould he think that?

You didn’t do it on purpose"

"I’ to be okay" She wrapsI’ht of sleep, soood cry will do

No do Ishower and frown at et ready for the day I look horrible I dress in so out of my jewelry box and put it back on et through this

Jules is in the kitchen when I go downstairs "You look horrible"

"Thanks I feel a little better"

"Good Going over there?"

"Yeah"