The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

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Noelle hadn't told Hendrix which hotel she was staying at. But this was Coppersville, and there was little here he couldn't find out if he wanted to.

The next morning, just as Noelle woke up, the doorbell rang. When she opened the door, Hendrix stood there, smiling brightly at her.

"Let's go to the courthouse," he said.

He wasn't wearing a jacket today, just a crisp white shirt. Combined with his soft, slightly tousled hair, it made Noelle pause for a moment.

For a fleeting second, it felt like she was back in the past, hiding in a corner, secretly watching him. But s she quickly shut down the thought.

Now, she knew better. The person he had been back then was a lie, just as the version of him she thought she'd come to understand later was a lie.

The man standing before her now-shameless, ruthless, and utterly self-serving-was the real Hendrix. "I've already picked out clothes for you. You've got your documents ready, right?"

Noelle had planned to say she hadn't brought them, but Hendrix seemed to have anticipated her excuse. "You've already signed the agreement. I doubt you'd stoop to using forgotten documents' as a delay tactic, would you? Don't you find that pointless?"

Noelle clenched her hands involuntarily. Finally, she said, "Don't worry. I have everything."

a bag toward her. "Good. Then,

out,"

arrived

she hadn't expected was that all three times, it would be with the same person. The difference was

of them was new to marriage, so the process had a strange sense of familiarity. In less than an had the marriage

hour, they

it into her bag and turned to hail a cab. But Hendrix

and looked at him.

my grandma and mom that I'd bring you

quickly responded, "I

"Do you I

looked at her and continued, "Besides, you

a forced smile. "Didn't I already

mean actually meeting her and having a conversation. Don't you

of her hesitation, Hendrix

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order. Noelle couldn't even recall the last time she'd been here. Seeing it all again now gave her a strange sense of disconnection, as if it belonged to a

them in advance of their arrival, yet when they stepped inside, there was no one in