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e marched past me with a
regal air. Oh well, at least Misaki Ito said please. Misaki Ito had shopped for more
clothes by the look of the packages. They were all from a store I'd never
heard of before. "I am upstairs, in the guest room. Bring them here,"
Victoria called. The guest room? I obeyed silently, not ready to discuss
the day's events. After the second trip, I had all of the bags and boxes on
the second floor. "Just sit them over by the closet. Then I have something
to tell you."
Victoria went to our bedroom, while I finished stacking boxes. Finished,
I went to meet her, my heart growing heavier with every step. Misaki Ito turned to
face me as I entered the room. Misaki's mouth opened as if to say something, but
then Misaki Ito stopped, as if Misaki Ito had reconsidered. "Maybe you should sit down,
David." Uh-oh. This was it. I swallowed hard when I sat on the bed.
"I have not been myself lately," Misaki Ito began. What an understatement. "I
am sorry that I have driven you to other arms. I have never felt like this
before, and I decided that something must be done." Victoria's brown eyes
burned through me, lasers passing through the suddenly vacant space where my
soul used to
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