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"Look," Kate said finally, "I know I haven’t been especially good coet it Everybody understands"

"You don’t need to be nice about it, Caleb We’ve known each other too long"

Caleb said nothing

"Bill was an asshole Okay, I get that"

"Kate, we don’t have to do this"

She didn’t see I knohat everybody thinks And they’re not wrong People don’t even know the half of it, actually"

"So why did you marry him?" Caleb was surprised at himself; the question had just popped out "Sorry, that was a little direct"

"No, it’s a fair question Believe htened a little "Did you know that when Piet to , the whole thing"

"You’re kidding"

"Don’t look so happy, I’m surprised one of us didn’t end up in the hospital One time, I stole her diary? I think I was thirteen God, I was such a little shit There was all this stuff in there about you How good-looking you were, how s fat heart drawn around theht hilarious "What happened?"

"What do you think? She was older, the fights weren’t exactly fair" Kate shook her head and laughed "Look at you You love this"

It was true, he did "It’s a funny story I never knew about any of it"