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“I like having her inJust knowing she’s within ainst my knee “I don’t want her to leave”

“She will eventually It sounds to ht?”

“Yeah” I don’t want to talk about her any longer I don’t want to think about her leaving me, even if it is just to live on her own

As if she can sense es the subject

“Have you heard froht before I ca hiht to voice mail but I can’t deal with another rant And that’s all he does when he calls

Rants about Adele and howtheir friends and his colleagues He’s the laughingstock of the country club, she’s flaunting her young piece all over town On and on it went

I’m over it I’ll be there for him but he still hasn’t filed divorce papers I know deep down inside he’s waiting for her to coiveness Fool that he is for her he’ll probably take Adele back

I can hardly sto to Adele and ?”

“Not that I know of” Cold fear grips ht

“Have you ever considered beating her to the punch?” When I frown, Dr Harris continues “Telling your dad before she does?”

“No way” I shake my head “I could never work up the nerve to tell hi honest with your father ht take an incredible load off your chest If he hears it from Adele first, she’s won You’ve allowed her the chance to tell him, to make up whatever story she needs to tell to make herself look better”

I study her, let her words sink in She has a point I’h “I’ll consider telling hilad”

The moment I leave Dr Harris’s office I check my phone Two missed calls from my dad and one from Fable I call her first

“You’ll never believe what happened” She sounds excited Happy

“What?”

“I think I found the perfect apartment Oh my God, Drew, it’s so nice Two bedrooms, two bathrooms at a newer coeous I went and checked it out with Jen and it’s beautiful They already ran a credit check on me and said they’d hold the apartment for me, but I have to co me “Where’s it located?” If it’s in a bad part of town, I refuse to let her move there

“Here’s what’s even better about the apartment It’s not too far from your place Like about twocenter with the grocery store you like to go to” She laughs “I don’t have any furniture but I don’t care We’ll figure so out I can shop the Goodwill”