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Chapter 148: The Gentle Knife

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[Alice's POV]

I felt the blood drain from my face. The restaurant, with its soft jazz and clinking silverware, suddenly felt like an interrogation room.

"People change, Marie," Adam said, his tone clipped. He reached across the table and placed a hand over mine. It was warm, grounding, but I could feel the tremor in his fingers. He was holding himself back.

"Marriages end. It happens."

"I know, I know," Marie said, leaning back in her seat. She swirled the ice in her soda glass, looking at me w
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