s's favorite mantra was, "Even close brothers keep clear ac
, calculating utility bills to the last cent
m. He immediately pulled out a calculator and said, "According to our prenuptial agreement, interest-free loans are capped
earnestly, I felt the sit
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lation was legally in my name. Nor did he know that the investments he was so p
.
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bearing my signature and tuc
to freeze the very
I actually loved d
but it also severed, completely and finally
e for the truth about my five-ye
ome, the entrywa
the sofa, his face illuminated onl
he said. He d
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s Ail
e." I changed my shoes and didn't pour
paused for a moment before he fina
he surgery fee?
" I walked straight into the bedro
the air behind
e up very early and did
e coat that Isaac had previously ca
left a note on t
d bread. Cost twelve dollar
lly included my
at the office, m
llars. The note read, "Sabrin
n't r
sitting at the head of the dining table with
le was
y," he said. He tapped the t
xhausted," I placed my bag on t
id immediately, reaching for
, took out a container of salad, and said, "I bought this yesterd
brina, what exactly ar
orked a piece of vegetable, and continued, "I just think we
ch
he living room, fifty for the kitchen, forty for the bathroom. Ten dollars per load
hat nonsense are you spouting? Aren'
t laugh. "Isaac, our prenuptial agreement doesn't stip
ss, his chest rising and
ritted out through clenched t
ntrum, that I wouldn't be able to k
at I had long grown
anted to chan