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Minutes after Frederick received Marcus’s call, the man was knocking on his door. When Frederick opened it, he was greeted by the sight of his friend and colleague’s battered face.

“Marcus, what happened to you? Who did you fight with?”

“Can I come in?”

“Oh! Right! Come in, come in, my boy. When you called, I didn’t imagine you’d be in this sorry state.”

“Am I that bad?”

“Well, let’s just say your wife isn’t going to miss this.”

“Ah, Frederick… I don’t think I even have a wife anymore. Maybe I never did.”

“Marcus, don’t say stupid things. You have a wonderful woman, and remember, she’s pregnant. She might be irritable now, but that’s the pregnancy. Not all pregnancies are the same, and I imagine carrying twins isn’t easy.” “It’s not the pregnancy. It’s Peter. It’s always been him. He’s always been there. I was just a stand–in.” “Marcus… don’t be ridiculous. You’ve been married to Valerie for fifteen years. Marriage is something you build over time.”

“Frederick, how would you know? You’ve never been married.”

was my choice. But I knew your parents and grandparents. Their lives weren’t perfect, with good times and bad, but they

of someone. Peter is alive. That’s the damn variable.”

grandparents had their struggles, but none of them involved

in the briefcase?”

with the Peter situation, there are other things in

secretive about that report that you won’t

interconnected than you can imagine. If you want the summary, I’ll give it to you, but first, let’s take care

already looked at them at

at least get you some pajamas so you can get out of those dirty clothes. Want to take a

My whole body aches.”

assume Peter walked away worse off?”

“Hmmm…”

face, no. You’re losing

for a moment, I

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was capable of something like that? She’d never forgive me.

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