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ual cruelty, the complicity of

get out

ced, heading towards the main

oft and adoring for Michae

baby to a woman I vaguely recognized as her

ng with false sympathy. "I am so, so

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e're practically sisters in motherhood now. Though, of course, my lit

as a delibe

aid, trying to keep my voice

ght, airy sound that

mistake. This was a choice. His cho

words feeling hollow even as I u

told me you were having some... complic

. He'd discussed my pregnan

isted, more to convi

oes he love the idea of you? The connections your mother provides? The comfortable life

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h, a wave of nausea and d

naged, leaning agains

r smile widening. "This is my party, after al

he cruelty, it

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tened to swal