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“I don’t know”

“Sure you do” Cecilia pulled another strand of hair loose, coated it in dye, then wrapped it

“He was in love with a wohost”

“She’s gone She’s no longer any competition”

“Cecilia!”

“I don’t mean to be crude, McKenzie, but if he’s in love with a woer around, well, she’s not a real threat Not unless you let her be”

“He never even mentioned her to me”

“There are lots of things you still haven’t told him That’s what the rest of your lives are for”

“He and I agreed to a short-term relationship”

“You didn’t have a signed contract Tere”

“Ouch!” McKenzie yelped when Cecil

ia pulled a piece of hair too tightly

“Sorry” But the gleaht have done it on purpose “You could have kept seeing hi him”

“He didn’t want to go beyond our two months any more than I did”

“Sure you didn’t That’s why you’re miserable now that you’re not with him anymore”