My Sister’s Substitute
He told me about the drive over, about the gym, about some annoyingly difficult client at work, about the ridiculous Atlanta summer heat.
Neo listened. Or at least, he appeared to. His face was a perfect, unreadable mask. "So," Zachary said, finally pivoting. "You're taking good care of my girl, right?"
I closed my eyes briefly.
Neo looked at Zachary for a second.
"She's my wife."
The single word, "wife," landed in the silence of the sitting room with the heavy thud of something important. Zachary flinched, his jaw doing a tiny movement. "Right. Right, yeah. The arrangement."
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