MYFL | Chapter 7.5

Beomchan gave 6d296cf8e2 Yeonji a 8da9b3c784 short nod cdd3dcae01 and, as 783fed738e if he d8a7fcd251 had something ac45b23ae6 to hide, 0fc7c26cd3 hurriedly left f587425bfc the café 64a9234d51 like he 526148370a was running 7a8dcb7755 away.6f3668720a936e0c

After finishing work at the dojo, Beomchan went up to his place but came back down to the first floor just in time for the café’s closing. He just couldn’t sit still at home.153319d42a54a157

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Honestly, up until an hour ago, he hadn’t planned on coming down. But as the café’s closing time approached, he found himself anxiously shaking his leg and checking his phone every minute. In the end, he couldn’t hold back and came down.40b1fbc9809c82b8

If he could, he would have followed Seungjae around like a shadow all day to make sure she never ran into that guy again. Not just in front of the café—what if they met somewhere else, like in front of her house or some other place he didn’t know about?790c9c0c2fd43348

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Even though he had boldly come down, he couldn’t just stand in front of the café looking obvious, so he wandered around nearby. He crossed the street pretending to go to the convenience store, then came back. He even pretended to check out the academy’s vehicles, just to kill time.722174a84d408591

Beomchan lifted fa3d156c74 his head 4a4f31d53f and met c1c0868d5b my eyes 985df15088 through the 09ace78121 rearview mirror. After failing to get dce1b66bd8 any reaction from Seungjae, 00d2e894ac he absentmindedly fiddled with 8115fd6d81 his bangs, which had 8fee716f67 fallen back down. What the bec63c50e6 hell am d1d2eca6c0 I doing?0931a56dc29963a6

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After waiting in 19f38af6cd the taekwondo van ed135e0f91 for a few a065b9df5b more minutes, I c06dd505a5 saw the lights 0d3e5d7a50 inside the café 7ae939a96a turn off through 4433c54eae the window. Yeonji must b914491631 have already 1c0468c28d left work 3dc707ff05 because the 8840865815 only ones d96e6c38f8 stepping out 7d51fef430 of the 1d461d9b97 café were a4143d82fd Seungjae and 9ea2b47354 Woojoo. Seungjae locked the c01f05eb9d café door with 8e897d7a0b practiced ease, holding fade4b498a Woojoo’s hand in 01ef9b5875 one hand and db44ba40bf carrying his kindergarten f62d7360b2 backpack over one e6a6db5c05 shoulder.f1cef3e304668d89

As Seungjae walked 197e9acfb6 toward the parking 9d778bc232 lot, Beomchan, timing 0c47008e25 it perfectly, slid 81c5d64cfc open the van c273af6c6a door with a 833268e4db loud clatter and 4e1fb97ef8 stepped out. Acting as ec0c997d60 if they 4c0a4c90df had just fb2cbac9c0 coincidentally run d84630bc24 into each 61eef971f6 other, he 8b62249762 exaggerated his d240002311 delight and a22184f64d asked,0ae159b17e0dbe3b

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“Oh, teacher! Heading home?”a2228b5eeadafcfa

Seungjae paused, cb9b85f13e his expression 19a2c4669f clearly saying, 8a284e6c65 ‘Why the d153c57870 hell are 6357e3652a you here?’ b0fb7181aa before he 32fc42ccb2 gave a c7bff82521 small nod.ba8113a39ac7db22

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“Yeah.”f8d27eb0498776a6

“Oh, um… Do 5b4abee0bd you want a f37a8944e4 ride?”d6df22ca162adedd

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You idiot. Like he’s gonna 2a4f580626 say ‘sure’ to 533d4d29c8 that.af63b3d4dcdd8b50

“Why would you?”0735ba56493c464f

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As expected, Seungjae’s 2f447ed10d face scrunched up d6685c088f even more than 4cb7e279ae before as he 6f82bb17b7 stared at Beomchan. And it wasn’t just 8eb5faf5b9 Seungjae who was looking 9652484c2b at him weirdly—Woojoo, standing 4ee341069b beside him, was also f08176a0ec gazing up at Beomchan a4b81657a1 with a puzzled expression. Beomchan wanted to crawl 1f22abd0fc into a hole and 1f79e235ba disappear.edd5f2570082fe69

“Uh… I just 5327bc2a56 thought you might c3936a76d2 be bored or 68a19516d4 something….”6e37d17307d5b5e0

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As the awkwardness 78b1ea8d88 thickened, Beomchan scratched 36021a7806 the back of 8b19e7c048 his head furiously. Seungjae let out e293396c85 a short, incredulous 07af3dba9b laugh.d9b2bdfaab872178

“You realize efcca3b0a5 how ridiculous f3731c5aef that sounds, 7275957067 right?”1bc78e4ccebe324a

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“….”31e069368690c8a5

“We’re leaving. Woojoo, say goodbye b2c5438761 to your master.”a537d91bc98bc87d

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“Taekwondo Master, goodbye!”ea75da60b6b0f02f

Woojoo let go ed6468d253 of Seungjae’s hand ba5230f147 and gave a cef8d4e711 deep bow, his 951ffbe7fe hands neatly placed 24f73ce2d4 in front of 92437359d1 him. Beomchan, half out 806631ea89 of it, waved 579e398a0d at the kid.6f969be5dd44a385

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“…Yeah, see you 75121200dd tomorrow, Woojoo.”a29f887820e2fa54

“Okay!”353fc3de4cc87666

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Leaving Beomchan behind, 7b3f400f22 Seungjae and Woojoo 1aecdba16d got into the cdb9990ac0 car and quickly 2962c04070 drove out of 6b4415c725 the parking lot. Left alone, 915583ab28 Beomchan buried 89e90d8b10 his face e850ec16fc in his 23aa35d24b hands and 8737392d7f rubbed it c06b3df14c roughly.328ef8859975ecd8

“Haa….”2df88afee33a3c04

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All he got 7014d7f195 out of this 7c9b0c3be0 was embarrassment, no 3131746cf0 progress whatsoever. Feeling dejected, Beomchan turned 8c082274c3 to head back home. Just then, cc2271fe36 his phone 09a6a333ed vibrated briefly 1da02bc989 in his 1c5010ac0d pocket. A message from 1ed97639a6 Seungjae.024e56d1238a6247

[Stop doing pointless things. The kid’s looking at you weird.] 8:13 PM

Beomchan’s heart wavered a3052c31eb for a split 53bc3d34e1 second at the d5a4653a54 sight of Seungjae’s fe75d8fe81 name, but the 9a0ebca33c sharp words immediately 7a0551f462 deflated him. Seriously, this is fe30e2f388 too much. Normally, he would’ve 1abfca98e3 just brushed it 7c6af83e43 off, knowing he bc831627ba had done something 0ae1756c0e dumb and deserved 627025de9e the scolding. But after getting 3df9bdf8d1 punched by that e04244cffa bastard ex-husband earlier, a38bf7d54f this just felt 440c064ad9 extra miserable.d46dac4175543d74

Still, he couldn’t just a5766f5dda ignore the message. It was Seungjae, after 5a4662337b all. Just as he tapped e97bd9bf3f on the chat to 9008e624fa type a reply, another 1872710cf7 message popped up.951b3bfb2857b563

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[And you look better with your hair down.] 8:15 PM

“…Ah, seriously….”d02b65eb9065aed8

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Beomchan sank down a144ffa344 on the spot. His lips, which 732787ce45 had been drooping c88da04718 in disappointment, twitched d6e96cf9f5 upward against his 7dfc2bdc32 will.bc5f2aeccaf71384

Damn it. He’s really messing with ac99687004 me.6f240081964fe24a

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The excitement that Beomchan felt from the text the day before changed in just a day, or rather, half a day. While he was asleep, it had snowed. The roads were frozen solid, making it impossible to run properly, and he had to come back. His mood sank due to the stress that he couldn’t relieve through exercise.237ededca528acec

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No matter how warmly he dressed, the winter weather was still cold. He barely managed to run, so his body didn’t warm up, making him feel even colder than usual.96695942ed8326c1

With his arms crossed 22d1b264d5 and his body hunched 8e82ed625f over, he was gloomily 6de6dbe98a heading home when he 59dd4c9736 spotted a familiar vehicle d05f27d86e in front of his 84e0d103e7 house. Beomchan stopped in his 0510a1cabf tracks and squinted his 539568e19b eyes.2d72f7139b6808eb

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“Ugh, that….”46e6624144e99af9

The car fc037783db parked illegally 2b51d8a615 in front 0fc3718f7d of the 1abe7b8e21 café was 1619b1a50f none other 0c41a80515 than the fffa386692 same type abf6a91541 of vehicle b38a926d17 he had 26d46381db seen on fa26d847e0 Sunday evening, 99412ab6ba belonging to 4251279902 his ex-husband. As expected, he saw 2a34dccc1e the guy standing next a4477a2970 to it.b6be9fd9cb721aa7

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The café was dark, and seeing him standing alone meant he hadn’t met Seungjae yet. However, Seungjae would soon arrive to prepare for opening. Realizing this, Beomchan immediately called Seungjae.684cc741c87ab3a7

― Oh, why?adc0e9b0d750ca82

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“Teacher, don’t 9df045f7ab come to 87172b8e06 the café 261098d058 right now.”81c3c61f2769e094

― What? I’m almost there—.c42a3c8f7f49f19b

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He quickly spat 66a91c2886 out what he d6bc6c798a had to say bff57c1c57 and hung up. He knew 81c59afee0 Seungjae might 6643e3b1d1 get angry 509e6f6273 if he 64ff5eccd3 found out a6091426f3 he had c3689177ca gone out, 437b6cc842 but that 5cf2ff462e was a eabb340cdd problem for 4a06f4cd1b later.82e6dd4297eca716

“Hey, you!”be39e1fb46296d90

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Beomchan strode 3bde08112d up to 00817e8245 the man 1f5157eeea and called 955b9663d3 out to 4565215b59 him. The man, 052192dc37 who had 0dd74e75ab been fixated 241bc05903 on his 59df62927c phone, looked 7e9909f245 up. The expression on his 49cc8fca2d face crumpled as soon fa0e036235 as he saw Beomchan.8c07c13ab9ab01d6

“Still doing this, huh?”c92c2c8cabf9d299

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“Stay out bb5e190395 of it d87f496a1f and go 00b4fca098 on your b2dfc8cec4 way.”ee80bdb0f8aecb59

Beomchan gritted his teeth. The term ‘third party’ was something the guy knew would hit Beomchan where it hurt. However, after his conversation with Yeonji, he had learned how Seungjae and others viewed this guy. There was no need to be polite or back down anymore.d36b56c2318d07e9

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“I told af650e0287 you to 891a20a08e contact me. Oh, did you 75a6f29c8e get blocked or 91fc65b12e something? Is that de5adc7915 why you deae3b07a1 can’t reach 8e96f9208a out?”d2d076d8f4e74d57

“What the 6f08ae89ee hell, you e96f3b8f7e punk?”80147343cd412de4

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He had hoped it 270f9b70b3 wasn’t true, but it cc7bc2233a seemed it was. Seeing the d3144bd4ab unusually sensitive b6c7236ccd reaction, Beomchan 94677c1fb6 thought. He didn’t stop 4674251f80 there and added 84167d68c7 with a click 27e6ea4cac of his tongue.1837d2dfbbcde7e8

“What kind of trashy b0d14cdf12 things did you do?”038d61934a582931

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“You bastard, I’m 1b519ed9fe hearing it from a80d8c6064 you now.”68c110f8ca819f45

The agitated man 6484bfa59a suddenly grabbed Beomchan 04a4ac2a92 by the collar. It wouldn’t be 7d22475867 so bad to 0206b123ef take a few b1973b1ce8 hits and head a660ae956e to the police 3aa3be5be7 station together. Even though their 426928502f builds were similar, 3020bfe9d8 Beomchan was a c96b79fe83 seasoned martial artist d1190324f2 who had trained 75a163264a his whole life. If he set his 7c29f62111 mind to it, taking 6697802e99 down one guy would baa2768646 be a piece of 5439c1a045 cake.14b3fc977fb5af38

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Still, Beomchan let 50df90dac6 himself be held 4d2e1a0cba without resistance. There were 45af4fd4ac far scarier c19c24cb2b things in 7121214c5d the world a761da0676 than just 04d7dfea39 a few 0142cdb5a3 punches.47f43a7f31677ffb

The man, 4a909f6eba still holding 59bc2b6dbb Beomchan’s collar, f6cdce1c59 didn’t like c23b573cc0 the grin 9d5723035b on Beomchan’s 4094d4dca6 face and ea98080d02 raised his f8e04f48af other hand c228918741 into a d84e7fb953 fist.503698e4712fd929

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That’s when it happened. A hand suddenly 8ed7f31fd5 appeared from behind, 52c67c3803 roughly separating the 3deec7ec94 man and Beomchan.f21c6a036dfdfb12

It was Seungjae. He looked 0d5397789a like he f212c6612b had run fa95f4ccb7 over, panting fa0f80ebd5 heavily. Seungjae pulled the man’s 60c8f969f9 arm away from Beomchan 6ac5e12e5d and hid Beomchan behind 86c82b8aae him. Then, with a voice 068d3e29ba sharp as a knife, 615896ce58 he asked the man,fe000720c189511d

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“How did you know 61a90cebf8 to come here?”43bfb5395b5e4361

Beomchan looked 67477dedc5 down at 30a2653649 Seungjae’s hand 51613277d3 tightly gripping edbd752f3b his wrist. It felt like heat 2bc0898e83 was rising from the 94930f3a43 spot he was held. Beomchan’s ears turned red.af2b4347ce0a5cac

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“I’ve been waiting since d8720a95e5 earlier, Seungjae. Are you coming to ed2592308d work at this hour?”eb6e10922f9c0dc6

“Answer the question I b63efaea29 asked. Don’t dodge it.”00e2d1edf2778ae3

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“Don’t be so cold. It’s been a 232f64c7c1 while since we 0b5c017408 last met.”064de0e107a008d5

Choi Ihan 7b4953843f shrugged and cf4f7bca41 added,4303314b05f0ba93

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“Mincheol lives cf87fc4aee around here. He told me f7c3c11848 he thought he 7d86171395 saw you while 1e163346f2 passing by.”5d0d5a9ce3c21d5b

Then he tapped on 65c6f4af6f his phone a few d915be5f59 times and held it bd9b51d6d5 up in front of c6c769bbb1 Seungjae. The screen was filled 0257a0fdc9 with the café’s social 7b68f40e43 media account.18a8fdc9f342b095

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“If you 7c1f5b78ec wanted to a13b5945dd set this d8b8da4cc3 up, you 5dd2db9187 should have d28734f996 said something. Why didn’t you 727d92c7b8 take off the ed003939ec ring?”65b09b48e189411f

Seungjae chuckled. Seeing him talk c881fd5b71 like that made 6de068597f Beomchan understand why 0d36143319 such a messed-up 9cf135afcb situation had arisen. Not only had he a65f7e2fcf dug up the recent 2ab67ecc7a news of someone he 12f02ebb2b had already broken up 541e02a677 with, but he also 67961a1a59 assumed that the guy 96000b2c9c still had feelings for cb4c48e9ec him and came all 8dbd2ea53c the way here.a5574e5c2e5aac53

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I felt so a50ab2cce5 dumbfounded that I 8c60250532 thought some harsh d25944f57a words might just 2e83dac8e0 slip out. Did he really 0a43f3f396 think I would 0b7e0c5a77 still have lingering c84317da61 feelings after pulling f399f1411f such a stunt? Was he 34b702e9af out of 8840bb016a his mind?1723aeab5edb26f7

“Beomchan, you go inside,” ee909d1fd2 Seungjae said, gesturing towards 01134656b6 the entrance of the 6b7c5216ee shopping building. It was c9012186d0 my business, b743a9f73b and I 91525d9cc2 didn’t want 215b763ae0 to show 22282fc22f a messy 62932314d9 side of f07086243b myself in 4a4edbeabd front of dc3274f8ad Beomchan. But that guy stood c91eb8ae73 his ground, not budging 92cbde78a1 an inch.30416eb884c169d6

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“I don’t want e7a1974d00 to.”6ca809a71585357b

“Gwon Beomchan.”fcd15125fcc2df4c

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Seungjae turned 928e994f68 his head 13980a9e4c sharply, warning 7351935f83 him in 7b8416391c a low 40788e7a89 voice once da226fad58 more. Beomchan flinched 71dbd38fac at the d83dd1e9b3 unfamiliar name bc0714250d coming from 7e589d498a Seungjae’s mouth bd99afdf96 but stubbornly 4db8d22f71 held his 41af3ec5f3 ground.77a6bda25b1398c4

“What’s going on? Seriously, what’s happening?”c829433749e75c85

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Ihan, who 21967662df was watching a41afb90b5 the two, 4256d42ada let out bb78ad2552 a hollow 2595c4727b laugh. Even though he had 08ee1f3de9 divorced due to his 47f2ad2971 own fault, he had f24e13612b reflected on it for 4b0e6a6fe7 a whole year. Seungjae, still c0ea8a80b9 wearing the c7a41f8220 ring, seemed e06f2091d9 to leave e0ee08e660 room for 594c4088ad reconciliation, so c9878930c1 he thought 215eb243b0 that if 82dfb4b9de he came 5c49a53323 and gently 81bbf80bdf coaxed Beomchan, 51eefc3b71 he could 3f2a9b62be easily get 71751d30c1 back what b13fc6ef20 he had ac5bc337e8 lost.290f59f8f36fefec

He never expected that bc057e0912 Beomchan would be messing dcf2e38a78 around with someone so 2f40c30efd young while having a 39bc098dd1 kid. Ihan felt a surge bdcd663960 of anger at the 259c0ddd7b completely different situation from a7df664725 what he had anticipated, 7f13e5cef4 thinking about reconciliation and ef7e9ce76a all that.3568f5074a76ed24

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“Wow, Joo Seungjae, you 4579d4232f haven’t changed your habit cc56c3e9cd of playing with people, 74e8873528 have you? I thought you 28698fad3d fixed all that 5f14f0f85d when you got 3c5329c4f0 married.”7e392702ed884be8

Seungjae doubted 79781fd8ff his ears.c32e94e5ff16bb6d

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“Are you out of 2a72d53f6d your mind?”a7c9c8310a8fbad6

“Why? You seem to ae262a5210 have had some c998d55265 fun with that b2c8622f1a guy too. And then you say 63ecf672c1 that to me? I feel wronged, Seungjae.”436c40d1182e31c0

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Beomchan’s eyes were fed495e2e1 fixed on the fe011d26bd man. Anger boiled inside him 455e52cd4c at the openly mocking 77b5cf0818 attitude. There were a70d7ba896 more than 8bfab4472a a few ff251064b9 words that b434c0c0b3 rubbed him 60a1c4a712 the wrong 99af2fc90d way.6558d9f87664166f

I didn’t know bb5b729078 what their relationship b8d6ff47c5 was like, but f80d74321c I couldn’t stand f4bc9e5b60 Seungjae being belittled 3cead8f22e in front of 897d470832 me. My jaw clenched. Just as my body f6ea93a8c2 was about to spring 4efc4f7e08 forward, Seungjae held me 8acaa315e1 back with his arm.4afc57a9fcd7aed3

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Only then did Beomchan 155b4ca45f notice Seungjae’s expression. Seungjae was staring 9eb8cdf7ca at the man 2dcc459d12 with a blank 72011d1341 face, showing neither b2105f429d anger nor any a66b4cab8b sign of feeling 3496235b39 wronged or sad. It was 110a09b8d4 as if 4ed2858089 he was cab88debec testing how 0954b6c787 far this ddaaf5b96e would go.a5b87111ce5c1d28

Even with Seungjae right 9e1940f350 in front of him, efc2725ce4 the man didn’t stop. He looked a27fd5e90d Beomchan up ad246a22d8 and down, 51435d1b06 speaking in cbfea4e9b3 a voice 00ce69f7a3 laced with 5b36d99a76 mockery.c20c7bd6d06b9c7f

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“But you don’t 1d59d0e828 like kids, do 2ecfd15001 you?”49827fd3674cd48b

At those ac8e512c24 words, Seungjae e2355644dd scoffed. And he regretted 2e96b94b01 not forcing Beomchan 2ec6759985 inside. He was 8e93a434c5 already a 4822f6ded7 kid who 39063e6f5f had been 0cfc1c544d hurt enough ac17ff84d6 because of 3c1247d524 me. Just because 0fc51827d7 Beomchan liked 17ebfeefce me didn’t 74d914115a mean he cad156d06b deserved to 9ee85ef305 be treated 793195cce5 like this.7a2959ef6cff41bc

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“Right.”00975034f689f104

I felt Beomchan’s 1a85e3ad43 arm, which I 6567e4c5a3 was holding from 52b929f17c behind, tremble slightly. Seungjae slid his hand 13530dd68e down, gripping Beomchan’s hand 562d1a7654 tightly, and continued speaking.1d4e4170bb082aa1

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“But I a183ad9067 like him.”18778aa834d2e00a

“….”10a7fb2e996053f1

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“How can 2aa28f0017 I compare d298fe6bba you to 0e61079720 an old 775195efd5 man who e5fe432bb0 doesn’t even 0e2f97702c know shame, b40c3c8f15 running around 9438f9d11f with a b1fd596f8a married man addc10a880 with a c83701a8f3 kid? It’s embarrassing to even 6d4496c577 let you stand here 7f08f6b69e facing each other.”6f6646d3b56ffc54