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Chapter 11

Author: A. Leilani
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Chapter 11

"The kind I was married to for five years," Ambelyn said tiredly.

"But that's over now. The papers are signed. I just need to figure out what comes next."

Wednesday was quiet for a long moment, her mind was clearly working double time, going through the motions and implications of what she had had just read. Then her expression cleared, and she turned to Ambelyn with determination in her eyes, and a plan already deemed worthy by her.

"You're going to come stay with me," she announced, without skipping a beat.

"You and Iniko both are coming to stay with me for the unforeseeable future . I have plenty of space, and I'm leaving for Malibu anyway, so the apartment will just be sitting empty, you can't stay in this dump, neither can you bring Iniko here, the dirt will just damage his lungs."

Ambelyn's heart jumped with hope, but she forced herself to be practical about this, so she won't get burned rushing into this, without making sure she had a fallback plan.

"Wed, I can't
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