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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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but lame, regular life stuff, Stanley thought,

I can make any of

As Rebecca, Jessica, and fan stepped out of the restaurant, someone

person was dressed super casually, looking beyond exhausted, her eyes

with her, she might not have even realized

the wildness and anger from before swapped out for something hopeless and dim. “Can I talk to you for a minute? Please, just

said coldly, turning on her heel

chosen this path, I could’ve

especially for a girl from some remote little town. Rebecca understood better than

reminded her of Jessica–there was

who managed to make it

had to go and take the worst

all that old swagger gone. “I don’t

any attention. She just told

trashed her reputation and teamed up with others to make her life miserable, there was no way

yelled, her voice

again, her voice cracking as she tried to

lunged after her, desperate to catch up and stop her

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

short while later, a

Andrea standing there, her eyes red and watery, she yanked

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for you! Not picking up calls, not answering texts–are you trying to turn the

That hurts!” Andrea yelled, her scalp stinging from

The woman looked pissed, her patience clearly running thin. “Did you even think about that

Andrea snapped, wrenching herself free despite the stabbing pain. “Every time. you call, it’s just endless crap about your problems! Let me make this clear–don’t even dream about selling me off for your

Smack!

sent a ringing slap across Andrea’s

from Andrea’s lip, but she glared back, stubborn

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 married whether you like

scoffed, cold

your face,” she sneered. “You blew your chance with Jeffrey, the only guy who

and you’re so damn capable? Funny how you couldn’t even hook Eugene Scott!” Andrea spat, her sarcasm cutting deeper with every word. “You tried screwing with birth control–stabbed holes in condoms and

woman exploded,

have kids,” Andrea choked, emotion clawing at her

would ever choose to

having a real, normal family?‘ she thought,