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Chapter 9: The ring
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The Woman He Couldn’t Keep Chapter 9: The ring
Francesca’s POVA few days passed quietly after the argument I’d overheard. Sophie kept her distance, and I finally got some peace.I spent my evenings in the garden again, sketching. One evening, Julian found me there and sat across. “You’ve been drawing that same design for a week,” he said.“It’s not right yet.”“What’s wrong with it?”I turned the sketchbook toward him. A ring, delicate, the stone setting slightly off-center on purpose. “The placement, It looks unfinished.”“It looks okay to me.” He said “Well it doesn’t to me.”He looked at the picture for a while before saying, “Can I borrow this page of the ring?“Why? I asked “I want to show it to someone.”“Who?” I asked suspiciously“Nobody important. Just someone I know.” He tore the page carefully, folded it once and stood. “You’ll get it back.” I didn’t ask again. He left with the sketch and I sat wondering what he was up to.Three days later, a small box arrived at my door, no note attached. Marta brought it up herse
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