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"I have to agree"

"He’s such an asshole He calledaround on him"

"Ninadid you ever tell Jacob what happened last winter?" It was time to remind her client of her infidelity, if in fact the last tio

"No Of course not"

"Do you think Jacob ? You were very conflicted over the holidays"

Nina relasses and revealed dark circles from either a lack of sleep or tears

"Do you think he knows?"

"What I think isn’t important Consider this You had an affair And not just a one-night stand, but so that lasted for several weeks You told uilty you felt, and when it ended, you dedicated yourself to your husband with renewed energy Didn’t you both go to Hawaii in January as a second honeymoon?"

Nina nodded

"You returned and within a ain"

"That’s because he is unreasonable when I want to go out with my friends" Her defensiveness was palpable

"What happens when you go out with your friends?"

"We drinkwe dance"

"Get picked up on?"

"If guys are attracted, I can’t help that"

"I didn’t say you could How does it uys coainst the air "It doesn’t suck It’s nice to get dressed up sos with Jacob?" Mary already knew the answer to that but asked the question anyway

"Jacob hates going out Says he did enough of that when he was single"

"So you go out without him andwith the unfaithful in yourin love with thes to corner you into saying sos so you can look inside yourself and ask so in front of Mary and denying everything was aof bullshit If Nina was her friend and not a client, she’d call her on said bull in a heartbeat Nina was doing her best to destroy her o out, Nina?"

Her client lowered her eyes to her left hand and started to twist her wedding bands

She didn’t answer the question

Mary walked out of her office after seven It was nearly dark, and she was exhausted She checked her cell phone for es as she walked to her car Glen didn’t call her before she izing and saying he’d call her later that night at home