"Alright, so if Abigail and Langston are tagging along with you, does that mean I'm free to look for someone else?"

That one sentence nearly had Everett choking on his own breath.

When he spoke again, his tone was edged with frustration, "Are you that desperate?"

"Yes! I am that desperate," Dorothy admitted boldly, her gaze fixed on him. "Since you can talk about breaking up and leaving us to marry whoever we want in the future, then I'm going to find a new boyfriend, right here, right now! Any guy will do! I'll make sure to get married to someone else before you tie the knot with Quincy!"

"Don't forget, Kenneth is still single."

"Everett, I'm not joking with you. As soon as you marry Quincy, I'll definitely marry—"

"Enough."

Everett cut her off.

His temples were throbbing by now.

"Suit yourself. If Kenneth is willing to marry you, then by all means, go ahead. There's no need to tell me all this."

"Are we done here? You can leave now."

turned his back to her, refusing to look at Dorothy

while, he finally heard her footsteps as she

Everett immediately took

still in the

"Yeah!"

for surgery and recovery. Then pick a far-off country and

...

didn't return

apartment Karen used to

Dorothy thought about having a good cry once frustrations, and then to think thing

when she finally got there, her eyes were

It was almost laughable.

She couldn't even cry.

up, she stared blankly,

Dorothy's mind was a mess, and

ring of

it, she saw several missed calls

is Quincy calling me now? To

managed a wry smile and

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