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“You’re never around You’re alorking or interning or studying You can’t bla more, Elizabeth”

I guffawed at his idiocy and refused to accept the blaht? I pushed you to fuckbecause I have a life outside of you?”

“You’re too ambitious” His arms flailed wildly as he atte you do is focused on your future, and your goals are so high, so fucking high”

I stopped hi with being aoals?”

“You’re a woman!”

“Uh…” I balled my hands into fists “Tread carefully, dipshit”

“Listen, Elizabeth, no guy wants a woman who’s more successful than he is Guys are supposed to be the breadwinners, the cha to support me and my dreams, not have lofty dreams of her own”

I started shakingdream, so I pinched my arm “Did I just walk out of the heat and into the nineteen forties? Who the hell are you right now?”

Staring into his shit-colored eyes, I wondered how this had never come up before How had I been so blinded to the fact that ?

“It’s an old ideal, but it’s still the way uys think, Elizabeth I pro to have a hard ti any man with the way you are You’re too driven”

“Stop saying that like it’s a bad thing!” I screaht that had entered

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p; “There’s such a thing as being too ambitious, and that’s what you are No man can handle that kind of woman, and no man truly wants one in his life”

After shaking ht back out of lared at him “Really? No man or just you?”

“You’re not listening toto help you Men want to be catered to, doted on, taken care of, and needed You don’t need anyone”

Why was that a bad thing? “I sure as shit don’t need you,” I agreed

“And that’s the problem Good luck with your life You’ll need that at least” He shrugged with a disgusted slossy lips

“Get the fuck out of ret, like shove you down the stairs” Ihi When his movements stalled, I shouted, “Leave! Now! Get out!”

He did, but not before turning around and delivering one last blow “You’re heartless, you know that? It’s like you don’t even care”

I laughed at the irony of his words as I clearly feltinto irreparable pieces

EIGHT YEARS LATER

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ELIZABETH

“Tell ain” I peeked out froroaned at my overly busty assistant, Barbara

Nocould hide those double Ds froh

Shaking her gorgeous head of dark hair, she turned to me and answered, “Because you’re successful, and they invited you”