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His kissed aveoff when Baby Girl barked

“If I don’t go we’ll have a mess to clean up,” he said and stepped back to pull the little pink leash off the dining rooht,” he said “I’ll be back in five minutes”

He left and I went into his bedroolow of the Christmas tree

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The next , I put on the pot of coffee Baby Girl curled up on her little bed that Ben uests ere checking out, and then when the lobby was quiet and before the sewing club started, I put onand called my mom

“Well, look who it is,” Mo a daughter”

“Mom it’s been teeks”

“Exactly Teeks and practically no word from you at all You could be frozen to death in a snowbank for all I know”

“I’m fine, Mom Sorry I didn’t call earlier It’s just been busy”

“Busy convincing your one-night stand husband to divorce you? How long does that take?”

“I told you, Mo at his inn”

“Right Right Your one-night stand husband needed a front desk girl and you put your hand up”

“Why do youwith his family It’s really nice”

“It’s really nice that the sucker he needed happened to walk in the door when he needed it most”

I flinched I didn’t want to flinch but I did

“Mo this harder”

“Making what harder? Because the way I see it, it should be easy You get hin the divorce papers and then co”

Where do I belong? I wondered Because it didn’t feel like I belonged back in Vegas Not after last night and not for a while now

“Mo”

“Ohwith hihed “You’veto stay there?”