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“There’s nothing to talk about”

What could she say? What could undo the lies and deceit? What would erase the i her the way they wanted? Of her reaching for the bedside for piles of cash after she had been fucked God I cringed I beat the steering wheel

“You have to knoas trying to make it on my own, and the real story isn’t the one you—”

The rage consu up and hurled the phone in the back of the truck I didn’t want to be near it if she called or texted

I walked inside and went straight for the bottle of bourbon

I didn’t bother to find a glass I popped the top and touched the bottle to ht drunk, but I was about to change that

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“Honey, please stop checking your phone” Helena’s voice was sympathetic

“He hasn’t called or returned any oftonight, he would have called, wouldn’t he?”

Her eyes ot to focus on this night Look how gorgeous you look And this dress is to-die-for”

I didn’t care about the dress or my hair Without Luke, it didn’t matter

“I think I should skip the red carpet”

“I realize Jake isn’t your er anythe red carpet”

I sighed “So I can be humiliated, publicly?”