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CHAPTER 27
Trying to drag himself out of the dark place his mind had gone into, Adrastos blinked his eyes. The one small ray of light he could see in what Electa had just confessed to him, was that at least, this time she was standing here telling him, instead of running away to hide.
And she had every right to feel scared. He felt scared. And the same damn issues that had torn their marriage apart twelve months ago were still hanging around, threatening to do the same thing again.
“I bought the apartment from Maribel’s husband this morning. They have decided to move to the States,” he said, not surprised when Electa quivered in front of him.
He’d hurt her by ignoring the import of what she’d said. But he was not ignoring it. He was cleaning it.
“When I explained to hi
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