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"I’m aware of that, yes"

She rocked her face upward, hands on her hips "God How could I be so blind? It was totally obvious"

"Dohed bitterly "Oh, believe et mixed up with this mess It’s your problem"

"Feel free to think of it that way"

"What do you wantliar"

I thought for a moment "I don’t care A sick relative It doesn’t really matter"

"Just tell me: did you ever think about me in any of this? Did I even once cross your mind?"

I didn’t knohat to say

"Fuck you," she said, and strode away

I loweredout a slip of paper on a clipboard He glanced at h, pal," he said "Trust me, I’ve been there"

"I’m not really in the mood to talk, thanks"

He tossed his clipboard onto the dash "I was only trying to be nice"

"Well, don’t," I said, and with that we drove away

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