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He had already turned his attention elsewhere, already moved on to the next thing, already dismissed her threats as though they were no more significant than background noise, and that indifference, that absolute refusal to be shaken, was somehow more cutting than any insult he could have thrown back at her.Megan opened her mouth to say something else, something sharper, something that would force him to acknowledge her, to look at her, to feel something, anything, but before she could get the words out, Otis was already walking away."I'm going now," she called after him, her voice rising slightly with desperation she hated herself for revealing, "and you should know that you're going to get a letter of divorce very, very soon."But Otis didn't listen, he didn't stop either He simply kept walking, his stride steady and unhurried, as though she had not spoken at all, as though the entire conversation had already ended in his mind and there was no reason to extend it further, and wit
Chapter 104
At that moment in time, without wasting another second, without allowing the weight of Megan's words to settle into the space between them or permitting the threat she had just made to linger unchallenged in the air, Otis responded with the kind of calm that could only belong to someone who had either stopped caring entirely or had never been worried in the first place, and when he spoke, his voice was so even, so unbothered, so stripped of defensiveness or anger or fear, that it almost sounded like he was discussing the weather rather than the dissolution of his own marriage."Well," he said, looking at Megan with an expression that gave nothing away, "I'll be waiting for the time in which the divorce is going to come in. Yes, I'll be waiting. But for now, since I'm certain that the divorce is not going to come any moment soon, since I'm certain that the divorce is not even going to arrive as quickly as you seem to think it will, that simply means I actually have nothing to worry abou
Chapter 103
Then, without wasting another second and without allowing the silence to stretch long enough for anyone to fill it with more questions or more tension, Penelope spoke again, her voice soft but clear, and there was a faint smile on her lips now, not mocking, not cruel, but satisfied in a way that made Megan's jealousy flare even hotter."I will be expecting your call," Penelope said, her words directed at Otis but her eyes already beginning to drift elsewhere, as though the exchange had concluded to her satisfaction and there was no reason to linger in the awkwardness that now filled the space around them.Then she turned.She looked at Megan.She looked at Melissa.She held their gazes for just a moment, long enough for them to understand that she had seen everything, felt everything, understood everything, and then, with that same faint smile still playing at the corners of her mouth, she shook her head ever so slightly, a gesture that could have meant anything or nothing but somehow
Chapter 102
In the meantime, upon hearing Otis say that he was going to give Penelope a call, upon hearing those simple words spoken so calmly and so directly without any hesitation or shame, Megan felt something inside her snap in a way she had not anticipated, something that had been sitting quietly beneath her confusion and doubt all evening but had now, with those few words, broken loose and flooded through her with a force she could barely contain, because this was no longer abstract tension or vague suspicion or even private frustration, this was jealousy, raw and undeniable and impossible to dress up as anything else, and it burned through her chest with a heat that made her hands tighten into fists at her sides even as she tried desperately to keep her face from betraying the full extent of what she felt.Melissa, standing beside her, was not faring much better, though her reaction took a different shape entirely, less jealousy and more pure shock, the kind of shock that comes when reality
Chapter 101
At that moment, without wasting another second and without allowing even a trace of protest to rise to her lips, Penelope accepted what Otis had said with the kind of disciplined grace that belonged only to women who had learned, from a very early age, how to conceal disappointment beneath elegance, for she knew fully well that this was not a man she could question carelessly, nor one whose words she could oppose simply because her own wishes had been denied, and so, despite the faint sting of frustration that passed through her chest when she realized that the dinner she had boldly asked for would not happen that night, she chose not to challenge him, chose not to embarrass herself by insisting, and chose instead to lower her head in quiet acknowledgement, as though she were honoring not just his refusal but the mysterious weight that seemed to follow him wherever he stood."Well," she said softly, her voice composed even though the rejection had not been easy to swallow, "it is such
Chapter 100
"I'm sorry if what I said offends you completely," he said. "I'm very, very sorry. I didn't mean to overstep. I know they wouldn't be able to offer you anything that would make this worth your time, I know that for a fact, but at the same time, I also know they are in a very critical condition right now. And if you don't want to do it, then no problem at all. I understand completely. I just felt like you were going to be my only hope in all of this. He's my friend. He's practically a brother to me, and his son is almost like my own son as well. But that is my own business to carry, not yours, and I shouldn't have—"Before he could finish burying himself further in apology, Otis finally spoke, cutting through the rambling with the same unhurried steadiness that had defined everything he'd said all evening."Send me the address," Otis said simply. "I will be with you in no time."For a moment, there was nothing on the other end of the line, not because Mr. Ben had grown silent out of co
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