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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

it is because of someone.

but none

what’s in

information. You should go through it. Along with the Peter situation,

so secretive about that report that you won’t just

and a lot of people are involved. Your family, the Prestons, and the Palmers are more interconnected than you can

looked at them at the

let me at least get you some pajamas so you can get out of those dirty clothes. Want to take a shower?”

whole body aches.”

assume Peter walked away worse off?”

“Hmmm…”

face, no.

I really wanted to. But I couldn’t. Can you imagine

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

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