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“It created a woman who did not exist!”

“I changed my name,” Emily said, “not who I am inside!”

“You let me think you were someone you are not”

E what? That you got off on showing the world to a little country girl?”

His jaw tightened and she regretted the words as soon as she’d said the He’d wanted to make her happy, that was all

And he had

“I didn’t mean that,” she said quickly “I know that wasn’t why you—”

“Perhaps it was Perhaps that was all this was”

“No I don’t believe that”

He didn’t answer His expression was stony Emily took a step forward

“Marco” Her voice softened “Don’t you want to knohy I became Emily Madison?” He folded his arms God, she hated when he did that! “I couldn’

t get a job I couldn’t get anybody to see me as a real person”

His lips pulled back from his teeth in a thin parody of a smile

“Perhaps that is because you are not a real person, Ms Madison”

“Dahtfully ht on my birth—”