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Unless…

Unless this whole date was a ruse A way to showfor me A way to show me that I don’t need to marry so e entirely

That if I want to o out and find it

And I know exactly where it is

“Claudia, I’ from my chair She looks horrified

“You’re surely not going to leave me alone at dinner?”

“I knohy you’re here,” I growl “You don’t wantthat the clause would pro out ofme The clause states that I have to er who just wants to see how deep h you, Claudia Go and find some other rich fool to mess with”

“Darling, come back! L-let’s talk this over” she stutters

But I’ht thing, or whether I’ve interpretedthe rest of my life with a woman like Claudia Not when the love ofto be mine Not when I have a perfect life with her mapped out even if I lose ain I won’t be able to give her everything that I want to give her right away It’ll be a riches to rags story, and it’ll take a long time to recover from that

But it’ll be worth it Aet back to her I have to find her and confess everything I’ve been keeping inside I have to let her know just how special she really is before it’s too late

I step outside the restaurant and hail a cab