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And he ht about it in his enthusiasm to reconcile, but her sister would have Mary would have known this would happen

Fecking Mary

"Why are you saying this?" Anne asked "Do you want me to leave?"

"Of course not!"

"Then ould you--"

"I e could have stayed in last night for a bit longer" The smile was bitter on his face "That we could have enjoyed… Do you think I like this? Like ad you’ll probably choose your life over a life with me?" He could hear the brittleness of his own voice Hear the autoes of it "I want you But I don’t want to have you under any false pretenses, Anne I will not be giving upon me I will not abandon them"

"But you want me to abandonill happen If you are with me, you won’t be seen as politically neutral"

She kept walking away froe of the bed Her knees hit the back of it and she sat slowly

"I help people, Patrick"

"I know you do"

"There aren’t many… Some of my clients only confide in ?"

Her eyes burned "I will not talk about Oleg"

"But you admit he’s a patient"

"He’s a friend That’s all you need to know"

Murphy stepped closer "Not a patient? Is there soroaned "Why do you like fighting soabout it Any and all relationship you had with him is over, as far as I’m concerned"

She jumped to her feet "You asshole!"

"I’le to one ain"

"Are you jealous?"

Her lip curled "No"

"Liar"

He’d kept files on all her lovers There hadn’t been h to drive him mad with jealousy He kneas hypocritical, and he didn’t care He hadn’t known about Oleg