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“Listen, so to come to talk to you about the divorce papers They’ll be here at ten,” he said, hovering in the doorway His fingers tapped out a beat on the doorfra looks down the hall, clearly ione

“Soer,” he told his feet “They’re rushing things, so … it’ll all be, ah, dealt with as fast as it can”

“Alright”

David sucked in his cheeks and nodded He had killer cheekbones I’d seen azines that couldn’t have compared But pretty or not, the frown never lifted Not while I was around It would have been nice to see hi?” he asked

“No Thank you for all this For flyingme stay It’s very kind of you”

“No worries” He took a step back and started closing the door after hi? About last night?”

He paused, half hidden behind the door “Seriously, Ev Why fking bother?”

And he was gone

Again

No door slam this time I counted that as a step forward in our relationship Being surprised was stupid But disappoint It wasn’t that I suddenly wanted him to fall at my feet But antipathy sucked

Eventually I wandered back over to theThe lovers were gone, the pool now earden path, beneath the huge swaying palm trees They headed tohat had to be the pool house Thehair and swaying her hips, working it to the nth degree They looked good together They fit David reached out and tugged on the tie of her bikini top, undoing the neat bow and baring her fro to cover herself

I sed hard, trying to dislodge the rock in my throat Jealousy felt every bit as bad as antipathy And I had no daht to be jealous

At the door to the pool house David paused and looked back over his shoulder His eyes met mine Oh, shit I ducked behind the curtain and idiotically held —the shaht peeked out from the sides of the curtains in the pool house I should have brazened it out I wished I had It wasn’t like I was doing anything wrong

The irandeur of the white room spread out before me Inside and out I felt a mess The reality of my situation had apparently sunk in, and what a clusterfuck it was Lauren had been right on with the word choice

“David can do what he wants” My voice echoed through the roo of the htened my shoulders Tomorroould meet with his people and the divorce would be sorted “David can do what he wants and so can I”