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her, snatching the

you saying to my wife?"

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audible even

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to Sarah, his expression so

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voice firm. "There'

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it at the time. No

protecting Ch

but she blinked them back. She w

id, her voice low. "At

used. "What are y

her. How long, Ethan? How

ver his face, l

he stammered. "A few weeks. May

lies, of shared moments wh

f his admission

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led after her. "Don't do

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time. Time to fi

the door, turne

than. Just... gi

but he seemed

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ling like a betrayal of her own