ked of damp cardboar

of town, paid for with the stack of cash I

days ago. Garrison hadn't even noticed. In h

ing my tips from the dine

two do

n that on his morning c

e single pane of g

from Garrison. Just a lonely n

on the door

was here except the hos

oor and looked th

s Gar

suit was dark with rain, his

ed the

ou find me

looking wildly out of place in the di

e said. "The housekeeper s

would be out

oked exhausted. For a second, just a second, I saw t

Come home. Thi

pocket and pulled ou

aid. "I'm sorry. Things have b

ed me t

ened

. It was heavy, silver, a

said, a hint of pride in hi

red a

d softly. "I don't write.

it's a nice pen. You can

n't re

mantled my drafting table years a

I said. My vo

on the cheap l

t wipe his feet. "The merger paperwork is a mess. The new paralegals

e Kayla,

the face. You are the

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anted that little coffee shop. If you help me wi

ked a

r," I corrected him. "So she could sit and rea

y. "Right, right. Whatever it

coma, Garrison. She

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w. He hadn't

k a turn

lly. "But look, Janet. I really

hed for

hone

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own. Who is f

d, his eye

door. Do not open it fo

hun

said, already turni

ppened?"

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'm your wife. You just

e, his hand on

d, Janet. Sh

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aid. "You always have

ned th

all you t

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ent clutching a pen I couldn't use, ab

n't lo

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