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“Love! You okay?”

She shook her head, covering her mouth to muffle her sobs. I pulled up a chair to sit by her side and took her in my arms, trying to guess what could’ve happened.

“Talk to me, baby. What is it?”

“They cut my hours in half!” she cried, pretty much jumping to my lap and curling up against me.

I needed a minute to understand what she was talking about.

“You mean at the firm?”

She nodded, her face in the gap of my neck. “They’re reducing the junior staff, so they gave us a choice: keep our full hours for three months and then be furloughed, or stay on the payroll part time.”

“Sons of bitches!” I snarled. “Bet none of them sold their yacht!”

“What am I to do, D?”

“What d’you wanna do, love?”

She shrugged, wiping her nose on the back of her hand. “We need the money. And I really like the job.”

“Then keep it. You can work in the morning, and spend the rest of the day on other things you enjoy. Like jogging with your friends. I know you miss going out with them.”

“I can’t! T
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