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But it wasn’t the woman that shattered her.
Claire hadn’t seen her husband smile like that in years.
They stopped near the baggage claim carousel. The woman leaned close and whispered something into his ear. Mark laughed again softly, then kissed her forehead.
For several seconds she couldn’t move.
Every fear she had buried over the last two years suddenly clawed its way to the surface.
The sudden gym membership.
The emotional distance he always blamed on stress.
Walk over there.
Throw the coffee in his face.
Humiliate him the way he had humiliated her.
But instead, something stranger happened.
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