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THE CALL
Philip.
"You bastard!" Another punch was swung at my already bruised and swollen face.
"How could you do such a thing, Philip?" Drew pulled me by the collar of my shirt, throwing another punch.
The baby shower was not meant to end the way it did, but it did because of my stupidity. I had been thinking of how to get Dana's mind off the divorce, and Rob suggested I propose to her in a form of renewing our vows.
I bought the idea- the biggest mistake I made. It might have escaped my mind that no one would want a horrible man like me, who was his carbon copy, both physically and character-wise.
Hearing everything from Dana herself was just what I needed to realize my folly. After hurting her so badly, I still wanted her. How much more wicked could I be?
It had been nearly an hour since I discovered that everyone heard I and Da
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