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Like this dry, shocked sound just came out of my throat.
“Wait,” I said, looking at him, “my sister Judy?”
Everything tilted. I remember the sound of the pan sizzling behind me, and nothing else.
Just a silence so heavy I felt like I couldn’t stand up straight.
“I didn’t mean for it to happen,” he said quickly. “We didn’t plan it, Lucy. We just…
fell in love. I didn’t want to lie to you anymore. I can’t fight it.
I’m so sorry.”
I stared at him, and my hands instinctively went to my stomach. I remember feeling her kick, our daughter who hadn’t even been born yet, as my whole world fell apart.
“I want a divorce,” he said softly. “I want to be with her.”
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