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“Good thing we have plenty of time.”
“That doesn’t mean I’m talking about it.”
“You were married.”
“Yes.” The topic seems to frustrate him.
I play with the fabric of my scrubs. “Where is she now? Do you guys still talk?”
Is she prettier than I am? Skinnier? Smarter?
I’m jealous of a woman I’ve never met.
“In prison.”
Okay, maybe not so jealous now.
“What?” I wait for him to tell me he’s kidding, that it’s some sick joke, but he doesn’t. “Care to elaborate on that truth bomb?”
“No. We married for a stupid reason, she lost her goddamn mind, and I divorced her.”
“Just to clarify real quick. Does the wifey work in a prison, or is she aninmatein prison?”
“She’s incarcerated.”
That doesn’t tell me anything.
“What did she do to earn her trip to the pen?”
“She was fucking selfish.”
“Okay,” I draw out. “With your work in law enforcement, I’m sure it’s no secret that you can’t be given a cellmate for simply being selfish. You have to commit a crime to do the time.”
“Cool. Thanks for the education. Still not talking about it.”
This morning conversation has taken a wrong turn. A turn I don’t like.
“My stuff will be out of the loft by the end of the week. Hopefully, before that, considering I don’t have much. Don’t worry about picking me up tonight. I’ll find a ride.”
He points to himself in amazement. “You’re pissed at me?”
I throw my hands up. “Yes!”
“Lauren, you have no right to be angry with me.”
“You married another woman!”
“And you left me, giving me the opportunity to marry her. Had we never broken up, you would’ve been the only woman I ever saidI doto.”
“It doesn’t matter or change how I feel about it. You’ve been harboring this grudge, this resentment toward me, for breaking your heart, yet you married another woman.” I snort. “Then, you lied straight to my face about never falling in love again.”
“Never loved her. We were friends, and I married her as a favor.”
A favor? Who marries someone as a favor? Not sane people, that’s for sure.
“Bull-fucking-shit. Maybe you need to be locked up with her—forselfishreasons, of course.”
“Lauren,” he says in warning.
