Four days later, Richard was still giving me the cold shoulder. Not that I cared anymore. At least now I knew he wanted me too. That little revelation had made his avoidance significantly less irritating. He wasn’t staying away from me because he wasn’t interested. He was staying away because he was trying not to cheat on my sister. Richard was determined to be the faithful husband. Which was actually pretty sweet. Annoying. But sweet. I stood beside Lila in the kitchen that evening, helping her prepare dinner while she told me about work. My sister was a writer at a publishing company, and she loved talking about her job. And I mean loved talking about it. Sometimes I found the endless stories about manuscripts, authors, deadlines, and whatever disaster had happened at the office that week a little boring, but she was my sister. So I listened. Or at least pretended to. Eventually, she asked about school, and I gave her all the important updates from the semester. Then
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