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Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 20: The Sweetest Lie.
Barbara.**I stood in front of Dante and looked at his wet eyes and the small shake in his hands. A man who was lying would not look this hurt.For years, this face had been my home.When my father shut every door on me, Dante was the one who opened a new one.He stayed on the phone with me until I fell asleep when I was scared, and he remembered my birthday when nobody else did.How could I throw all of that away because of one bad night?"I choose you." I said, and my voice shook. "I am staying with you, Dante."Behind me, Graham let out a short, cold laugh.I did not turn around.I knew the look he would give me, the one that said I was blind, and tonight I did not want anyone telling me what to see."Enjoy your life, Barbara." he said.The front door closed behind him, and the sound went right through my chest.It hurt more than I expected, and for a second I wanted to run after him and explain myself, which made no sense at all.I pushed the feeling down.Graham had never loved
Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 19: Pick One.
Barbara.**I reached for the car door again, and Graham caught my wrist before I could open it."Don't." he said."Let go of me!""What are you going to do in there, cry in front of them?"I pulled my hand back, and my wrist stayed warm where his fingers had been, which annoyed me. "I need to see it up close.""You already saw it. If you go in there, you will look desperate, and you already look pathetic enough for one night."That landed in the one place that was already bleeding, and I think he knew it. "I did not ask for your opinion.""Good, because I am not giving it to help you. I just don't want to watch you make a fool of yourself."I looked at the house.The light upstairs was still on, and somewhere behind that glass the man I loved was tying the laces of another woman's wedding dress.I could not drive away from that.A small, stubborn part of my heart still whispered that maybe it was not what it looked like, and I needed to see his face to kill that whisper."Then don't
Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 18: White Lies.
Barbara.**Graham and I looked at each other, and then we both turned to the lawyer, who was still holding the file like it had done nothing wrong.My mouth felt dry.I swallowed and leaned closer to his desk. "Sir, please, can we get a phone number or a description of the person who came here earlier?"He looked at us for a long time, the way a man looks at two strangers who ask too many questions, and I could not blame him.He had no idea who the real Barbara was, and he had already said more than he should have.He cleared his throat. "I would like to help you, but I cannot give out important details about a client. But there is one thing I can show you, though."I held my breath and prayed it would be something that could help me.He turned the file toward us and ran his finger down the page. "These are the names they wrote down. The lady is Barbara Lincoln. And the man is Graham Del Mundo."The room tilted.I heard the name, but my brain refused to take it in.Graham Del Mundo??
Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 17: Too Late For The Truth.
Barbara.**I paced the room with my arms folded and my head so full of noise that I could not hold one clear thought, and when I finally stopped and stared at Graham, he was sitting on my bed like a man waiting for a bus."So what is the way forward right now?" I asked.He looked at me for a long time and sighed heavily. "What is your name again?"My eyes went wide, because he could not be serious.He had known me for years, since the day I started dating Dante, and we had fought more times than I could count, and right now we only stood in the same room because we shared the same enemy.How could he not know my name?"It is Barbara." I said, rolling my eyes. "Graham, what the hell is wrong with you?"He acted as if I was talking to someone else. "Oh yes, Barbara. So we are going to go forward with a plan to make sure he does not sign that document."I walked closer to him. "I think I have a plan."He raised one brow, which was his way of telling me to go on."Dante knows you are not
Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 16: Time Up....Maybe.
Barbara.**I was still laughing when I pushed myself up on the bed and Graham stood in the middle of the room looking at me like I had lost my mind.He had no idea what was going on, and the confusion on his face only made me laugh harder."Graham..." I said, wiping my eyes, "do you really believe my father would send you this? The mafia lord, who I have not seen in years, and who may not even remember my name? You think that man types text messages?"He raised one eyebrow, which was his way of saying he needed more.I cleared my throat and held up his phone. "Fine, let me read it to you again, and you tell me if this sounds like a man who works with action and not words."I looked at the screen, and I almost laughed again, because the number that sent it was the same number that told me to come to 112 Lakeman Street the previous day.I had saved it in my head before I drove to that lonely town, just in case I never came back.I remembered Dante saying he sent that message only to su
Dear Lover: Two Can Play. 15: Jokes On You.
Barbara.**Graham was sitting on my bed with his back straight and a gun pointed at my face, like the room was his and I was the one who walked in without knocking."How did you get into my apartment?" I rolled my eyes, because I was too tired to be scared, or maybe that was just what I told myself. "And what are you doing here?"He did not answer.He just looked at me, and I stared back at him for a long time with my heart beating hard, trying to understand if this was a sick joke or if the man had finally lost his mind.All day I had been telling myself the same thing: go home, take a bath, sleep a little, and be ready before Dante comes back with a fresh set of lies.I had cried in my car until my eyes burned and my chest felt empty, and now I came home to this."You should be asking why I have a gun, not how I got in." he said.I threw my bag on the bed and it landed right next to his knee, and he did not even blink.Honestly, I was not afraid of dying that day. I knew worse thin
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