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“I’m heading out,” Stanley said after making sure Jeffrey was alright. “If you need anything, just call me or Gregory,”

Jeffrey grunted in response.

Stanley disappeared in a flash.

When Stanley got downstairs, Rebecca had just climbed into Ian’s car.

Jessica was in the front seat, glancing back at Rebecca with concern. “Jeffrey didn’t give you any trouble, right?”

Rebecca shook her head. “No.”

“That’s a relief,” Jessica said, feeling a bit of the worry she’d been carrying finally lift. She’d barely managed to calm down since hearing Rebecca had ended up at the hospital because of Jeffrey. “I was really afraid he’d lose it and hassle you again, like back in the day.”

“If he gives me any trouble, I’ll just turn around and leave,” Rebecca reminded herself to keep her head clear. “We’re not a couple anymore. He can’t force me to stay.”

If we were still married, people would just call it a family spat, and after some mediation, nothing would really get solved.

But now that the divorce is final and feelings are over, any weird behavior from him could straight–up count as a crime.

“How long are you thinking of sticking around?” Ian asked, glancing over with a hint of curiosity.

“We’ll see,” Rebecca said as she slipped her phone into her bag. “If I’ve got a project running here, I’ll probably be popping in and out for about a month.”

Ian and Jessica exchanged glances.

Both of them were thinking the same thing: ‘Did Jeffrey really set up this project just to make Rebecca stay?‘

Rebecca saw right through them. “He won’t stick his nose in my business. This has nothing to do with him.”

For the rest of the ride, the three of them chatted like they always did.

It was like that whole confession had never even happened.

They stopped at a restaurant for dinner, and lan was his usual lively self, cracking jokes about their recent adventures, sharing funny stories from the past. Nobody acted weird or distant; it was seriously like nothing had ever happened between them.

Stanley had snuck over, hoping to catch some spicy gossip, but all he picked up was the usual boring day–to- day chatter. The letdown was real.

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thought, rolling his eyes at

I can make any of this sound exciting

Rebecca, Jessica, and fan stepped out of the restaurant, someone suddenly jumped

beyond exhausted,

Rebecca hadn’t been so familiar with her, she might

swapped out for something hopeless and dim.

say to you,” Rebecca said coldly, turning on her heel

chosen this path, I could’ve really admired

into Capital University–that’s tough, especially for a girl from some remote little town. Rebecca understood better than anyone how much that takes, and the first time

kind of reminded her of Jessica–there was

people who managed to

go and take

practically begging now, all that old swagger gone. “I don’t have anyone else. You’re

told Jessica she was leaving, then walked off with

teamed up with others to make her life

yelled, her voice full of

her voice cracking as she tried

to catch

between them. Andrea stumbled forward, pushing herself until she collapsed to the ground–despair crashed over her,

short while later, a middle–aged woman

her eyes red and watery, she yanked her hair hard.

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you! Not picking up calls, not answering texts–are you

That hurts!” Andrea yelled, her

clearly running thin. “Did you even

wrenching herself free despite the stabbing pain. “Every time. you call, it’s just endless crap about

Smack!

woman sent a ringing slap

lip, but she glared back,

any way to talk to your own mother?” the woman spat, her eyes burning with fury. “I already took the dowry. In a couple days, you’re getting

scoffed, cold and

Jeffrey, the only guy who could’ve saved you. Can’t even keep a man–how useless can

tried screwing with birth control–stabbed holes in condoms and pulled every trashy stunt you could, but he didn’t give you a second look. Wow, what an impressive role model

woman exploded, face dark with

her throat. “With parents who are nothing but drunk gambling losers, no wonder my

hell would ever choose to be born

hasn’t dreamed of having a real, normal family?‘ she