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Chapter 2 - City Of Lust
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2021-06-17 03:57:08The AA meetings had become the highlight of Audrey's week. She had been clean for three months. Audrey wasn't sure if it was a placebo effect but her thoughts had become nicer, and the void she had been feeling started to subside.
Gabriel had been so supportive, even encouraging Audrey to go back to school. She had considered it in the past but felt like she was abandoning her boys if she did. But they were eight and six. It wasn't like they were toddlers who needed constant monitoring with consistent nurturing. Being a mother wasn't all bad, she loved her sons but she had no maternal instincts. If they had been birds, she probably would have kicked them out of the nest by now. Audrey's new perspective was thanks to Gabriel who had opened her mind to ideas she had long dismissed as "Pipe dreams." Audrey spent more time on hobbies
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The political mask he wears in public, the person he is by himself, and the mask he started wearing for Audrey. "So many masks, yet none of them seem to fit anymore." Gabriel muttered kicking a pebble into the water. He had snuck out early this morning to clear his mind. The world around him felt smaller each day. Gabriel missed his job, being a politician gave him a purpose beyond being Gabriel, the great boyfriend, and washed-up model. He kicked another pebble watching it break the rhythm of the waves. The urge for power had festered in his heart a few days after leaving his office. Then the guilt that followed was awful, Audrey gave up her life to be with him and now his mind was having second thoughts about staying with her. Gabriel knew in the depths of his soul that his love for Audrey could transcend every star, and continent but the lure of adulation would always top it.
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Finding out that Audreys husband was in pursuit of answers had put a strain on herself and Gabriel. He decided to go to Canada and attend the interview with the detective. He really didn't have a choice. Suspicion would grow if he acted out of character. The press didn't pay him much mind here, but that would likely change if the whiff of a scandal started to float around. He couldn't risk that, not with Audrey in the later stage of her pregnancy and considering how cruel her former husband could be. He needed to sort this out, before the situation became a trojan horse.Audreys hormones had formed into in a hurricane of tears as Gabriel packed his suitcase. They both sat in the room not uttering a word to each other. He stuffed his folded up socks into the tight space between his ties and underwear. He was deep in thought. He understood why his wife was upset but if he were to help protect her identity and get this detective out of the way then he needed to thi
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