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He shoved a hand through his hair “Okay, so, I had lunch with my third ex-wife the other day and she told e fell apart was because I couldn’t express s”

She nodded “Go on”

“So it’s iain”

“Because you’re in a relationship right now”

“That’s right And I really need it to work out this time”

“I can understand that,” she said

“It’s just that Kitty, that’s reat, it’s sort of put me in the hot seat”

“Ah I’ to see your dilemma”

Okay Maybe this wasn’t going to be so bad after all Dr Carson—Joanna—seemed pretty sympathetic

“Our one year anniversary, which also happens to be her birthday, is coesture, if you knohat I et my head

on straight”

Joanna stared at hi e?”

So he told her the whole story How as a teenager, he’d rebelled against his dad, started s construction when he walked into a strip joint and ended up married to one of the dancers a couple of weeks later “Obviously, it was a huge mistake”

“For both of you?”