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68. Ask For Help.

Auteur: Naomi D.
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Cas’ pov

I needed a plan. Ripley was sad, angry, and felt guilty. Fuck, every emotion out there came to visit this week.

Learning that your husband faked his death is already painful enough, but to learn that he only came back for money. Yeah, that fucking sucks.

While I have firsthand knowledge of how it feels to be used for my money, never has something like this happened. Never has someone this close betrayed me. Well, unless maybe my parents.

But I’ve learned early on not to expect much from them.

Yet it’s my fucking dad I have to work with for this all to go away. I’m a big enough man to realize I can’t handle this by myself. This mess has become too big. There are too many people involved.

Oliver is just another cog in the machine that is Kennedy and her awful dad. Although I want out of the business, I can’t leave it worse than when I came here. Ripley taught me how to give a fuck.

And ever since she came into my life, I’ve been trying to get to know the people I work wit
Naomi D.

I've been having a hard week. The fight I had sunday with my husband is still ongoing. But we've been together for 17 years, so we'll figure it out. Thanks for reading and thanks Zoe! You're the best.

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