Chapter 38 What's His Name?

Anne glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already 2:30 AM.

Her parents were probably fast asleep by now, and she didn't want to worry them by making a late-night trip to the police station.

After wrestling with her thoughts for a moment, she decided

to call her husband, Dante.

The phone rang a few times before he picked up. The background noise was chaotic, filled with the sounds of laughter and clinking glasses as if he were at a poker game. Anne could even hear a woman's voice in the mix. "What's up?" Dante's tone was flat, lacking any warmth.

Anne skipped the pleasantries, her voice icy. "Come pick me up at the police station."

There was a brief pause, and then Dante's voice, laced with sarcasm, cut through the noise.

"In trouble, huh? You've really outdone yourself this time,

Anne."

Chapter 38 What's His Name?

She bit her lip, sensing his impatience.

She thought, frustration bubbling up inside her, "What am I doing, calling him?"

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Anne was about to hang up when Dante's voice broke through again. "Alright, I'll come get you. But first, you owe me a favor."

Anne tightened her grip on the phone, her heart racing. "What

favor?"

"Give me a kid."

Anne was momentarily speechless.

get a divorce! Why

you out of

just trying to mess with

had always been a business arrangement, a union forged under family pressure, and he had never truly

years, Anne had waited in vain for

face the harsh reality that Dante

agreed, and they Chapter 38

of figuring

wants me

to come to the police station to bail

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we're getting divorced, why should I

a series of beeping sounds filled

hung

her phone in disbelief, she felt a

eyes as Anne turned to

that looked more like

that. Dante's not

around Anne's shoulders, her

Meryl. But it looks like

this

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contemplating, "I wonder if Chandler

awake at this hour.

our wedding night, and I'm asking him

to bail us out...

How melodramatic.

he think of

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