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Brielle

They have got to be the weirdest couple I’ve everon between the that stood out above all the rest is that they were divorced and still living together for the sake of their child

Well, the truth is, as I now understand, he was letting her stay because she couldn’t afford her own place and he didn’t want to put the mother of his child out on the streets That much I’d learned to be true

Everyone in our little town has been speculating forabout the demise of their once envied union, but both sides thus far has been rather tight lipped

Not even their family members seemed to knohat had taken place from what little I’d discerned when one or the other of his relatives dropped by in the last few days since I’ve been here

But it was plain to see that the split had been acriee Days later I still don’t understand and doubt that I’ll ever make sense of the whole mess

I’d only been here a few days when I recognized the situation for what it was and was ready to jet on the spot It’s not like I needed the job, I was just a fill in for my friend who had to take summer classes if she didn’t want to flunk out of university

And though there were a few incentives to stay, namely to look at the beautiful his that are beginning to bother me

It’s like living in a house with a stranger in a hidden roo about That’s a bit extrey to compare it with

“Why didn’t you tellon here?” I whispered into ht on the job It had been another harrowing day spent trying to keep the kid away fro

“Is it still that bad? I thought for sure now that the divorce was final she’d calm down”

“No such luck”