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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.”

got married–that was my choice. But I knew your parents and grandparents. Their lives weren’t perfect, with good times and bad, but they never

it is because of someone. Peter

his parents and grandparents had their struggles, but none of them involved the shadow of an

what’s in

ago to review. That briefcase has complicated information. You should go through it. Along with the Peter

so secretive about that report that you won’t just

the Palmers are more interconnected than you can imagine. If you want the summary, I’ll give it to

them at

least get you some pajamas so you can get out of those dirty clothes. Want

My whole

I assume Peter walked away worse off?”

“Hmmm…”

your face, no. You’re losing

wanted to kill him, Frederick. Believe me, for a moment, I really wanted to.

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something like that? She’d never forgive me. She’d see me as a

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