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152: Contemplation

Penulis: Bee Diaz
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ROMAN

I park the car outside my house and stare at it.

Fuck, it looks so different from when Nikki and I were here the last time. This is ridiculous. Maybe I should never have brought Esmeralda here, but it's only five months, and anyway, where else would I take her? This place is the safest one I could think of.

Sure, Nikki knows about it, but she would never come here.

Not on her own, at least.

I stride into the building, crossing the parlor on my way to the living area. My intention is to find my housekeeper and have her call Esmeralda so we can get this conversation off the table, but I find Esmeralda lounging on one of the couches and when she hears me approach, she rises.

"Where have you been?"

I frown and can't help the surge of anger that courses through my veins and fills my mind. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm not married to you, so I don't want to hear you ask me that again. Are we understood?"

Esmeralda steps forward. There's a crazy look in her eyes. "You made me
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