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The Dinner Table Tension
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2025-01-18 05:09:16Carson's Point of View.
The only thing that could be heard around the whole table was Charmaine's spoon which kept on hitting the cup. It was consistent and it was annoying. And even if others noticed it, they wouldn't talk. Nobody would. Nobody wanted to make the boss's sister uncomfortable. Surely, they knew making her uncomfortable would make them uncomfortable. Okay, this place was too quiet. And I just couldn't continue like this. Deciding to make things a little too interesting and well... Annoying for Charmaine, I turned to Jackson who had toast just about his lips.
"So, Curt. How are you?" I asked, making Charmaine drop her fork. She immediately picked it up again. I turned to look at Morris, but he too had a
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