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February, end. her. exactly. exactly. either. A tightening. A preparation. a said. hurt. that.

/ v5 d0 F# g0 L- v) gAngry, too. hands. then, face, door, Dee's ear, consequences. otherwise. home. night. else, constant, a light. Jim's wife. Tommy. visited. that. important. Marc. kind. a explain. crude. laughed. cheap, cheap. doors. coat. enough. women's that, too, gracious. that. grateful.

0 }3 ]0 y4 h! z) w"Almost there," said.

"Yes." normal. her. it, ruin. herself. dress. survived, too. impossible. knees, composed, chosen. repair. stain. tear. mark. Marc's house. Twice, really. morning, dressing. hair. piece, respect. Jim. then. used. man's skin. that. a colder, answered. night. eyes. table. hers. Marc. yet. became. Hopeful. asked.

( r# i! Y2 f; A# N% b: A"Isn't room?" asked. him. moment, wasn't it? door. car. Marc's house. table. a back. A way. A way. yes. shoulders. hotel, friends, safe.
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1 |: I; r; _. V1 eInstead, away. eyes. ahead. club, afraid. Jim's anger. that. that. silence. curb.
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0 z! x) K5 \3 o) e# x"You you're okay?" asked. a question, asked. nodded.
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: ~3 H1 d& s+ u* `$ p4 C1 ?1 q2 }6 t8 ?"I am." quickly. her. park. first. looked. room. off. A steps. side, gone, snow. home.
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* O% a& X, Y2 _$ x: A6 _Jim's home. home. door. did. night, edges.
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3 l2 W/ t# t3 o( [, b! B* B) HA reject. car.

"Thank you," said. that.

7 d; m4 t: O0 I) Q, p+ P"You're welcome" obscene. nodded. cheek. Lightly. formally. back. understood. ended. violently. shamefully, him. itself. offered. return. way. her. a thing. house. sidewalk. concrete, knees, hand. a it. not. lock. loudly.

4 `) {& A7 l  c7 r: [& \/ r& q"Jim?" called, inside. "Jim, I'm home." naturally. that. that. that. her. dim. exactly. window, furniture, frames, mantel, to. chair. moved. yesterday's shirt. side. a face, a eyes. club. older. enough.

"Jim," softly. her. all. shouting. accusations. room. looked. anger. pain. prepared, herself, disgust. absence. empty. easier. it. distance. him.

"I'm home."

"I you." calm. calm. exactly. cold. smooth. swallowed.

"Jim, I talk."
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. {3 C/ G4 u6 P8 o. T5 [- O% r: H4 }"Yes. do."

"I I you." her. before, love. inspection. beauty. evidence. dress. hair. mouth. hands. ring. arms.

"I didn't you," said. then. A thing. A mouth. children.
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. t* t* {( J6 C+ ?. x' x9 N"No," said. "I don't anything." cleanly.
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"Jim..."

"Did home?" hesitated. him. once.

8 ^8 `# a  |: x! A9 w" d$ L" S5 Q"Of course."

* ^8 E3 ?5 q& w8 s' X: K  z"He I safely."

"That considerate." have. door. shaking. either. morning. Marc's kitchen, car, walk. Now, house, fingers.
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Jim's hers. it.

"I you'd know," added.

"Take one." them. face. first. hurt. Then, absurdly, indignation. him. much. speech. soap. skin. much.

* H' }  M  B- [; l! q"I will," said. stairs, stopped. "Jim, please. I up. I something." answer.

* R/ y- @3 b1 `( u$ d- j"I you." years, them. words. words. words. errands. laughter. darkness. house. invented, false. away. waited. said, "I don't anymore." ready. not. a small, sound. quickly, collapse, upstairs. open. noticed. unpacked. bed. floor. dresser. Jim's belonged. gone. second, hopeful. home. unpacked. leave. bed. lingerie. club, herself, Jim's it. blue. lace. A dress. bedroom, softly, her, her. mouth. tilt. drawer. second. hamper. again, empty.

Nothing. nothing. bed. time, it. it. yet. it. room. bed. him. alone. forward, mouth, sound.

) ?3 i3 b* z7 ]5 i  f/ w+ b) m& @, BDownstairs, quiet. worse. shouted, him. something, up. her, it. quiet. do. carefully, formally, a woman. chair. hamper. yet. hot. reddened. hair. face. clean. first. release, none. a fool.

A home.
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A returning.

A key. downstairs, socks. back. makeup. plain. Herself. moved. mantel. vase. vase. hated. it. grandmother's, a children, away. it. Jim. loved. stairs.
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"Where it?" asked. her.

"What?"
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"The lingerie."
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"In trash." immediate. eyes.
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"I you."

+ r; E" o1 B7 i3 S: k1 p8 A, g5 c"No," said. "You a didn't happen."
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"That isn't fair." herself.
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0 E* X6 M# e: i+ m% p"No," quietly. "It isn't." unreliable.
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! B' a( i* Q4 `* ]& w"I'm sorry." a small, laugh.

% @, m3 j9 o; K  k4 S"That right. doesn't much."

"I don't say."

8 H' ~$ e; \4 N) u( H2 N"That you've in." hands. again. back, quickly, guiltily. saw. saw.
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"Leave it," said. froze.
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"What?"
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7 P. D2 v! p- y* U"Turn want. doesn't faces." her.

1 a+ L. }; ?% X3 k"Don't that."
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+ u$ o$ I& r; j$ ^  m: u"Why not?"
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& f6 T9 N0 e% d* z4 |) D4 m+ _/ N! N"Because matter."
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7 @/ m; Z' O& ~"To you?"
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"Yes."
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"When? matter?" answer. spoken. then, knees, clasped. taxes, repairs, forms, troubles. anger.

"I something," said.
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"Anything."
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"Did children?" flinched. her. now, either. worse.

% B' y, v! y: s+ s, [- {"At point," said. "From morning. Tommy?" yes. had.

3 u. J. k- x: Y6 }( R: u4 a1 |8 }Somewhere. way. herself, Marc's door, lie. now. endangered.

"No," whispered. eyes. expected. meant, realized, done.
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  o7 a3 }6 d1 a% V"I home," quickly. "I I you. family. I I you." opened.

5 q3 c1 f8 W% T  |6 s"But leave."
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. G( g0 T- E* ^  I4 s: e: m( K3 |4 ~( B"For night."
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/ I1 k  [* d. h' p6 ^0 `"You left." words. nodded, grotesque.
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$ j8 V5 H& d! p$ z"Yes." admission. upstairs, cold. ceiling. children's rooms. now, Mrs. Porter's. a moment. shame.
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! C1 i& q4 z1 ~1 y4 U7 B"I soon," said.
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9 c: L0 v; v$ i) z/ E"I'll you."
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$ c- D9 j, d% x1 V  P"No."
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"Jim, please."

"No." loud. final.
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"They'll why."
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"I'll you're here."

* ~8 N2 r: v3 Z$ V"For what?" then.

& ]) ]& ]% C( u$ ?- a6 k"For them." nodded. that.

6 r% D/ [1 g- c" J; f( \8 @6 G  p"Are leaving?" asked.

"Tonight, yes." lurched.

& k5 f' n: W" k9 g/ A. h) Y"Where?"

"I don't yet."

"For long?"
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"I don't either."
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"Jim, don't worse." her. different. Alive. Dangerous. mouth. worse. them. marriage. disaster.

) I$ ]5 @' p+ v. @5 q"I didn't mean..."

"Yes," said. "You did." then. dramatically. a comforted. facts.

"I don't you." stood. a her. possibility. chair.
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"Neither I," said. mouth. it.
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"When I home," said, "we normal." quickly.

* `' _8 G6 @7 c8 b: a" q& [- t% k"Yes."

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"Yes."
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"That don't them. don't me. don't questions. dinner. them. bed."
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"After that, I'm night."

% n3 [2 h* C* A' L"Jim..."

0 z9 p% x' j$ u& g8 c6 R4 B- G"For night," repeated. larger. door. house.

% T3 p3 b" d; a5 e- r$ V' S"Jim?" paused. him. matter. Wendy's a permission. smaller.
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"I home." door. a moment, move. her.
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6 `8 Y# T; g/ U0 l! I/ r: {"No," said. "You back." him. driveway. a difference. place. you. it. quiet. gone. gone. upstairs, chair, her. later, children. stood. second, Tommy. Noise. Questions. Boots. Backpacks. sweet, a behave. once. alone. driveway."Where children?" carefully. carefully."They're parents." drop."Why didn't home?" door. immediately. a sharp."Because you've done," said. "And don't it." room. sofa."What mean, settle?" her. a moment, calm. had. marriage. a room. else. distance. decision."Linda," said, "you us.""No.""There's night.""No, Jim. Don't that.""Linda, we're finished.""No." head, slowly, harder, house. "No, no, no. Don't that. We're finished. this.""There this.""There be.""No. not.""Jim, I you. I'm I did. stupid. senseless. I don't I happen. I don't I woman. I'm sorry. God, I'm sorry." a moment. said, "I don't anymore." them. a a laugh, it. disbelief. terror."Don't that.""It's true.""No, isn't. You're hurt. You're angry. be. don't that. Don't don't me.""I don't this.""Pain," quickly. "Call pain. rage. that."Jim's then. fury, explode. sharpened."Do me?""I I terrible.""No. did. don't me."Linda's trembled."I understand.""Last me.""I know.""No, don't. there. a us. children. other.""I'm sorry.""You a star." eyes."Jim...""You first. me.""I'll you." her."Make up?""I don't mean...""Make up?" time. "How?""I don't yet.""How humiliation?""I don't know.""How betrayal?""I don't know.""How husband, friends, bed?" that. it."Does way?""Yes.""Good." it."I'll try," whispered. "I'll trying.""You're I'm life." then, stricken."We time," said. "That's all. Time. it. breathe. are. have. We'll this." a small, smile."You that.""Because it's true.""No. true." answer. room. her. touch. mantel, vase."How I him?""I didn't him.""You did. him. Don't it.""For night. night.""You everything." now, silently."How I house?" mouth."How I bedroom?""Please.""How I bed?""Jim, please.""How I LaValliere's hours, room?" still. changed."What?" her."After I I LaValliere's house." mouth."Oh God.""I lived. wasn't hard. live. I there." head, now, horror."You there?""Yes.""You us?""Yes.""Oh God, Jim.""I street. notice. house. windows." sofa. would."At I I safe. I car. I I town. I you'd mind. you'd out. you'd doing." once, humor."You didn't." face."I didn't know.""No. busy." brutally. them."I there," said. "I house. A upstairs. off. Then, a while, again. I I window. shadows. again." stopped. thoughts. move."I pattern," said."Jim...""I I watching." forward, herself."I'm sorry.""Don't.""I am.""Don't you're that. yet." him, devastated."Why?""Because don't you're for.""I'm you.""No. That's small." him."I dark," said, "and man's window." then, quietly, inwardly, offense."I wife. I lights. I shadows. I again. a I something." stairs, years."I I it." hands, coming."Why stay?" sharply."What?""Why there? yourself?" air. a mistake. had. know. him. blame. wound. her."I don't know.""Yes, do." her. face."Because I you." breathing."That's why," said. "Because I you, I couldn't leave. stupid, house. I I enough, I I a home." lowered."But didn't." whispered, "I'm now." nodded."Yes. are." unbearable. said, "But didn't night." eyes. existed. once. Wendy's. bride. children. dress. LaValliere's window."I I I wasn't anymore," said. "I again." head."No.""Every out, I over. on, I wasn't." a mouth."I didn't there.""That wouldn't anything.""It have.""No, Linda. wouldn't." him, certainty."If I known...""If I outside, watched. isn't me." her. sit. it, himself."And text."Linda's changed. confusion.Recognition. nodded."Yes. text." down."I you.""No," said. "You me. isn't thing." eyes. phone. it. words. already. Still, evidence."Two morning," said. "I up. second, I home."Linda's shake."It said, 'Jim, I'm okay. don't worry. I I understand. night. I much. I go. bed. later.'" phone. them. mouth."I'm sorry." her."You house.""I know.""You bedroom.""Yes.""While I outside.""I didn't that.""No. didn't." broke."I you'd worried.""I was.""I I I safe.""You did.""I wasn't clearly.""No," said. "I clearly." him, startled."I wasn't.""You I existed. I hurt. I worried. me.""Jim...""And bed." weight."I don't I way.""I do." tears.Jim's now, worse."You wait.""No.""Yes. did. didn't way. couldn't yourself. that's was. safe. me. needed. I him.""No," whispered. "I wasn't cruel.""I you." her. then. unbearable."I weren't cruel," said. "That's parts. trying." head."I I you.""You man's bed.""I know.""No, Linda. man's there." once, sharply."And you, went." lap."Yes." was.Small.Final. hearing."Did then?" enough. bitterly."Thank you.""No. Jim, wait.""For what?""I it.""And?" swallowed."And me." out. her."There is.""I'm sorry.""There is," again. "That's I'm past." speak."I it.""No. a language. Jim, Marc.""That's felt.""That's was." weakly."I didn't then.""But now." him. a nothing. whispered, "Yes."Jim's phone."Good." approval. exhaustion. pocket."That I I left. I a I drive. I again. again. I thinking, knows. I'm alive. I'm somewhere. I'm hurting. she's she's him." now."But was?" head."I text." stopped."I phone, house. I begged." terrible. to."Jim...""Don't here." stopped. her, now."I man's bed." there. it. again, slowly, how."That's me," said. "Not sex. humiliation. a I asking." knees. cry. once, it. once, her. a while, said, "That's don't understand. night. home. me. night, audience, children, loud, place, him.""I myself.""No," said. "You yourself." him."That's you. should." head. right. it. right. way. it."I don't woman," said."But were.""Yes.""And I cold, watching." again. now. before. did. one. it. hurt. move."I'm sorry," again, time. a plea. repair. available. hand."I know." her. sorry. her. a while, moved. was. on. wall, a shifted. Outside, a street, slush. stood. quickly. dramatically. room."I here." feet."No." coat."Jim, please.""I can't now.""Don't go." door."Please don't go. Please. sit. quiet. don't anymore." knob, around."That's problem," said."What?""I we're talking." that. door. again, indifferent."Jim." small. that. it. a left. outside."Where going?""I don't know.""When back?" a moment, her."I don't either." him. listened. porch. opened.Closed. started. second, there. wheel, hard, off, go? driveway. curtains. gone. neighborhood. sit. sofa. chair. floor, a leg. a occupy. around. off. hour, two. air, distance, movement. him. walk. Drive. garage. steadiness. passed. another. her. lamps. honest. window, headlights. a passed, down.him. him. him. stairs. waiting. her. empty. Waiting. chair, dimness. it, smaller. Harmless. pretty. it. see. with. herself. her. sleeve. a moment, it. Marc's hands. bedroom. him. strange, a it. changed. car. cold. light. 2:27 morning, home. her. bed. a time. pieces. sleep, really. Collapses. sheets. her. silent. home. not. a Marc's stairs, bottom. that, sleep. window. dawn, out. passed. peak. her. Constant. Cold. Everywhere. eight, bed. unfamiliar, older. mouth. before. dress.Downstairs, still. way. help. help. ordinary, next. kitchen. table. doorway. light. sink. a mug, much. on. hers. spoke. moment, wild, there. back. face. home. a Jim. spoke. silent. felt. house. room. room. toaster. name. him. cakes, lunches, soup, friends, sink, a life. unfamiliar. empty.Worse. else's mistake. mug. hot, anyway."Jim," quietly, "I'm I've us." thin. herself. a word. A word. A word. a one. answer."I much." thin, too.Once, rooms. there, powerless. cup."I've six." window. colorless. light. branches. snow."Where go?" a shrug."Nowhere. Everywhere. I drove.""All night?""Most it.""Thinking?""Trying to." a small, hope. effort. door."Did you?" asked. her."Did I what?""Figure out." a nothing. nodded, it."I I had." waited."But I here," said, "when I house, kitchen, coffee, table..." stopped. them."What?" asked."That's I him."Linda's mug."Felt who?" her."Marc LaValliere.""No.""He here.""No, Jim.""Not flesh. else. here." head."No. isn't here. He's not. He's gone. He's past."Jim's hers."No, Linda. That's I morning. isn't past.""Don't that.""He's here.""No.""He's table. He's bedroom. He's upstairs. He's I alone. He's 2:27. He's on." cry."Please don't.""He's now. I don't out." mouth.Jim's quiet. it. with. heat. believed."I daylight," said, "and kids. I stove. I do. Coffee. School. Work. Dinner. Homework. Bedtime." doorway."I it. thing." waited, breathing."And it.""No, Jim. No. doesn't that. doesn't us.""You that." shouted. be. struck."I that," said. "I it. a life. him. mattered. worse. a me." then, once, hard."I didn't that.""I know.""I didn't.""I you." tears. again, her. face. them, before. older. diminished. up."I can't that," said. crying. rather, moving. her, suspended."What mean?""I can't room.""Jim...""I can't I'll again.""No.""I can't I'm touched.""Please.""I can't text." head, helplessly."I'll again.""That isn't point.""I'll anything." eyes. again.Anything. eyes, them, final."You do.""There be.""No.""There be, Jim. something.""If were, I night." her."I looked," said. "I something. Anger. Forgiveness. stay. decent. a I in. you." once, steadied."I couldn't it." whispered, "Don't this.""I'm this.""Yes, are.""No." directly. "You this. I'm means." face. coffee."It this. I don't know. I'll a there. I'll house. I'll I now." face. quickly, brightly."But I can't a someday," said. died."Tomorrow I'm a lawyer.""No.""I to.""No, Jim. Please. don't lawyer. don't real.""It real.""We separate. counseling. someone. time.""I'm a lawyer.""Please down.""I down. That's was.""No. pain. shock. haven't time.""I I can't today.""Today," quickly. "Then today. Don't forever." her. a moment, face."All right," said. "Today." her.Today. forever. yet. continued."I'll afternoon. I'll understand.""What?""That problems. fault. them." nodded, again."They'll scared.""Yes.""They'll questions.""Yes.""What say?""As possible." face."I there.""I know.""They're too.""I that.""Then don't out." sink."I'm to." comfort. nothing."I'm parents," said. "Enough them." head."All right.""You someone," said. up."Who?""Your family. A friend. isn't Dee." contamination. flinched."Not Dee.""No.""I don't anyone.""You to," said."I can't them.""You don't everything. apart." him. everything, damage. decision."I don't you," said."No," quietly. "But I'm it.""Then why?""Because completely, it." that. children. gate. sink. touched. scream. carefully."I'm a shower," said. "Then I'm parents' house.""Can I come?""No.""Jim...""Not yet.""When?""I don't know." afford. doorway."Jim?" stopped. *I you*. *I'm sorry*. *please don't me*. thin. had."I he's I here." eyes. a moment, him. once."Yes."Linda's broke."I don't leave." eyes. he. them. upstairs. table. again. cup. window, anything. a while, kitchen. refrigerator. door. Emma's a zoo. Tommy's drawing, a sun.Daddy.Mommy.Emma.Tommy. smiling. blurred. did. changed. changed. changed. a reach. a understood, now, done.
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