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A Bear by Any Other Name

Author: Michelle Williams
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Crested Butte, Colorado

Six months ago

“Look,” Josephine paused, pushing away from the desk as she reached for the forms printing behind her. She continued to speak into the earpiece microphone. “I know Roger said he wanted this to be equal, but I will not settle for 1/20th of the cost of the lake house. It was my family’s long before we married. I understand it was not part of the prenuptial, and it was inherited, but it doesn’t mean I am looking to sell it.” She sighed as she tapped the papers in place and stapled them in the upper left corner. “Sarah, I need to finish some paperwork and then meet my four o’clock, let me call you back on Monday when I get back into town.” Josephine sighed as the call ended.

She sat there and glanced at the fourteen messages her soon-to-be ex-husband had left. FBI Special Agent Roger Harold had been hell-bent on pressing for a quick divorce since his mistress was pregnant and wanted his name. Josephine had tried for ten years to conceive b
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