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“Well, now you do.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“No, I don’t. And you don’t want to hear about it, so I don’t know why you’re asking. You just want to stick your nose where it doesn’t belong. Or I don’t know relish in the fact that Leighton is hurting and you hate her.”
“You make me sound like a monster, Everett. I’m not that mean.” My lips form a straight line as I think about the fact that she’s right. She isn’t mean, per se. She hates Leighton because she’s the girl I cheated on her with. Alli hates her because, even before she learned of my infidelity, she knew that Leighton was the most important woman in my life by a landslide.
So, I guess her hate is warranted.
“Sorry, I don’t think you’re a monster. I’m just not in the mood to talk.”
“Okay.” She relents. “Well, if you change your mind, let me know.”
“Fine…” I swallow and look to the sky, praying for patience or peace or tolerance or whatever a higher power could grant me to get me off the phone now. “Thank you.”
“Talk to you later,” she says and she hangs up before I can say another word.
Now, you listen to my prayers.
