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.

We're about to get a divorce! Why would I have a

Are you out

could tell he was just

arrangement, a union forged under family pressure, and he had never

long years, Anne had waited in

only to face the harsh reality that

suggested divorce, he had agreed,

process of figuring out the

now he wants me to

to come to the police

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we're getting divorced, why should I bail

series of beeping sounds

hung up

at her phone in disbelief, she felt a wave of frustration. wash

eyes as Anne

looked more

saw that.

her arm around Anne's shoulders, her heart aching

Meryl. But it looks like we'll have to rely

for this

What's His

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lip, contemplating, "I

awake at this hour.

and I'm

to bail us out...

How melodramatic.

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