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I started et out of the way Soirlfriend chuckle again Finally I sighed, letting my arms fall to my sides

“Fine, what?”

“You need to move out”

I sed hard, trying to fight the bile threating to rise up in my throat

“Are we really going to do this here?” I asked “Right now, in front of your—”

“Fiance’”

The word hung there in the silence of the kitchen, causing ether Chastity had said it, and for one or two seconds it was co

“What did you say?” I turned to face her

“Fiance’,” she said again, more firmly and snottily than before She held up one bony hand and wriggled her fingers I saw a gold ring with a tiny dialitter in the overhead fluorescents

Holy shit…

“Y—You’re gettingon Garrett

“Eventually,” he said “Yes And Chastity’s ht away, in fact Which is why—”

“Which is why you, honey,” she finished for hiet the hell out!”

I wanted to speak I really did I wanted to say a thousand things, and all of them terrible

Most of all I wanted to beat h Chastity’s homely, pockirl