"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."

back to her, refusing to look at

finally heard her footsteps as she left, and the door

he was sure she was gone, Everett immediately took out his phone

still in the

"Yeah!"

and tell them Kenneth needs to go abroad for surgery and recovery. Then pick a far-off country and

...

return to

to the apartment Karen used

about having a good cry once frustrations,

were dry and she couldn't muster the emotion

It was almost laughable.

She couldn't even cry.

alone on the small couch, curled up, she stared blankly, not

Dorothy's mind was a mess, and

the repeated ring of her phone snapped her

calls from Karen and also

is Quincy calling me

wry smile and called Karen

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