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Author: Abbymicah
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Olivia

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Three months had passed since Maxim’s awful betrayal shattered my world. The initial shock had given way to a crippling grief and I spent most of my days being miserable.

But as the weeks went by, I slowly began to pick up the pieces of my shattered heart. With each passing day, my life slowly became better and I made peace with what had happened.

Maxim was locked up in prison before I could even get to deal with him. From what I heard, the feds had apprehended him because of his affiliation with the mafia.

A part of me was happy about it but I still felt like I would have been more satisfied if I had been the one to press charges. Either way, I was glad that phase of my life was over and I was ready to forget that I ever met someone like Maxim.

I had been focusing more on raising my kids and making my company better. Things had been going great even if some days turned out to be difficult.

I was grateful for my life and my family. I also had great people around me wh
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