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40 || Mrs Reluctant Billionaire (III)

I stare at the invitation card on my screen. A phone rings and I groan before snatching it off the table. El’s call is always welcomed but I know why she called. I stalk to the windows and open it to let in the natural air.

Sitting on the ledge, I finally pick. “Hey,” I say.

“Hey.” The kids are spending the weekend with their grandparents so I know they are fine. Her hesitation rolls over me. “Did you get it?”

“Get what?” I say to delay the inevitable. My fingers run over my trousers. Her tired sigh reaches from the other end of the phone and forms a cord around my neck. “I did. I got it.”

“Are you coming?”

To the charity ball holding this evening. El is part of the organizers. My hand runs through my hair. My evening is free. I freed it up the day I got the email. I can make it but I say, “I don’t know, El. It depends on you, actually.”

“On me?”

“Yes. You haven’t given me an answer.”

I start counting.

One.

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