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ARLENEWhen I left the office, I wasn’t interested in talking anymore—especially not to Cole. But he had followed me here, and now that we were at it, this seemed like a conversation that needed to happen.After all, I was leaving soon, and I wasn’t planning on seeing him for a while if I could help it.“When the guards stated their mission, I knew it was either they went down or I did. I wasn’t about to go down without a fight. I left the scene alive knowing I had a score to settle on the other side—something more important than whatever you and your family had going on here. If y’all wanted me dead, then I was going to stay dead,” I added.His eyes shone in the dimly lit yard, and I could tell he was listening to every word I said. It was a little too late to pay attention to me. When I needed that sort of devotion, it wasn’t forthcoming, and I had overgrown the need for his approval.Now I wanted him out of my life forever, but if I was indeed carrying his child, then I would have
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ARLENE“Arlene! Arlene, wait up!” I heard Cole call out as I walked toward the front door and quickened my pace.I didn’t want to have any sort of conversation with him. He had done enough for one night, and I simply wanted to get as far away from him as possible. “Arlene!” He called out again, and I let out a frustrated groan.“Leave me alone, Cole,” I said and reached for the front door. I turned the knob and pushed the door open.Once outside, I let out a relieved sigh. It didn’t feel like everything was right with the world—my problems had clearly multiplied—but I could feel the evening breeze on my face, and my pounding heart relaxed a little.I exhaled and glanced around the front yard. The bag I clutched was still in my hand, and I realized I had been holding onto it the entire time. I tried to collect my thoughts and decide where to go.When I packed the bag, I was going to get the driver to take me to a hotel where I could spend the night thinking about everything that had ha
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ARLENE“I can’t believe this is happening,” I muttered, placing a palm over my chest. My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would fall out if I didn’t try to stay as calm as possible.I staggered forward and quickly sat down in the empty seat opposite my father, then closed my eyes.For a few seconds, I pretended I was the only one in the room and everything was right with the world. The self-deceit wasn’t going as planned, given that my father’s words kept replaying on a loop in my head, but I tried to remind myself that it wasn’t the end of the world.However, I couldn’t deny that hearing him say the wedding would be cancelled left me feeling distraught. I couldn’t bring myself to come to terms with the fact that everything I was fighting for would go down the drain in the blink of an eye.Cancel the wedding? What was next? Going back to the Martinez family house? I would rather be dragged through the streets by a horse until I was bleeding and wounded before I let that happ
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COLEEverything I said to Arlene and her father had come from a sincere place. When I set out to tell her father that I had confirmed she was my wife, I intended to stick to that part of the story and ask that she reveal the tattoo if she decided to oppose the statement.But the conversation had taken a different turn when she decided to tell the truth about her life as Yasmin. At that point, I knew I had to divulge more information than just, “she’s my wife, and I know it.”As she spoke about her experience, I felt enveloped in shame and realized just how angry she was at me.She had every right to be annoyed—I hadn’t treated her with any decency, and my attempts to come up with excuses for my terrible behavior didn’t make things any easier.I figured it was easier to own up to the fact that I was an asshole and that I was trying to be a better person, given recent circumstances.Mirela, on the other hand, seemed entertained by everything happening in the room. The conversation had s
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ARLENEWhen I was done explaining, the tension in the room had risen to three times what it was when the conversation started. My father’s cold stare was fixated on Cole.I had shared only the parts I felt were important for him to hear, deliberately leaving out other details Mirela could potentially use to her advantage later. There was no telling what she’d do with the information she’d just gathered.As much as I wanted my father to know the kind of person she truly was, now wasn’t the time. This was about shattering his perception of Cole—and judging by his expression, I had done just that.“How dare you treat my daughter like a piece of shit and have the audacity to come here looking for her?” he snapped, his voice thick with disgust. I could tell he was restraining himself from walking over to Cole and knocking the daylight out of him.“Mr. Gomez, I… I can explain,” Cole stammered.I chuckled. “You have an explanation for being an asshole and planning to kill me?”“Kill you?” Mi
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ARLENEIt took every ounce of self-control I had to walk past Cole and step into my dad’s home office instead of making a run for the front door.Once I stepped out of my room, I decided it was time to face the reality staring me in the face.There was no escaping it now, and if I had known it would come knocking this soon, I would’ve pushed for the marriage to happen earlier than it did.I entered the office and waited for everyone else to follow. When Mirela walked in, I resisted the urge to yell at her to get out.She was the mastermind behind this situation—if she hadn’t invited Cole, everything else would’ve been easier to deal with. But then again, when has life ever dealt me a good hand?My dad took his seat as Cole gently shut the door behind him. Soon, all I could hear was the ticking of the clock in the room and the heavy silence that held a thousand questions I wasn’t ready to answer.“Now that we’re all here,” my father began after a long silence, glancing at Cole before r
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