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“What’s not true?”

“That I’m not married anymore” It couldn’t hurt to admit just this much, could it? “I still am,” Dawn said in a small voice

“What? Well, then, that’s the first step Get a divorce”

Get a divorce Dawn didn’t knohether to laugh or cry Cassie et a divorce You had to file papers for a divorce They would be sent to Harman He’d knohere she was Where Tommy was And he’d come after her and her baby

“It’s not that easy” She dumped the empty cans in the sink, rinsed them and propped theive me a divorce”

“Youhim for one”

“I didn’t say that”

“You didn’t have to I wasn’t born yesterday I don’t knohy it took uy so much as looks at you”

“I don’t”

“You do You get this phony smile on your face—”

“Would you prefer I slug him? I don’t have a phony smile, I have a polite one You’re the one who told o, remember?”

“I didn’t tell you to treat perfectly nice guys like they were Jack the Ripper”

“Dammit, Cassie—”

“Da to lock yourself away like this” Cassie took a breath “Oh, hell Okay, I’m out of line I know I am I’m sorry”

“You don’t have to be,” Dawn said, trying not to sound stiff and knowing that she wasn’t succeeding “We’re friends You can say whatever you want”