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•DARLA•

"Are you sure that you can do this?"

"Yes, Ethan, and before I change my mind, I need you to run me over the whole thing again. I need all the details, including the business that you'll be doing with the Iraq men."

"Of course, we can set up another lunch date, and I'll tell you everything that you need to know. And about leaving Atlanta," he paused for a moment. "I was going to suggest that we relocate to California. That's where I'll be working most of the time."

I honestly didn't care about where we relocated to, as long as I was going to be very far away from Elijah.

I was looking forward to finally living my life without being told what to do and when to do it.

"That sounds great to me. As long as we will be out of Atlanta," I said as I packed the pregnancy report inside my traveling bag.

"I'm sorry about earlier, I should've -"

"It's okay, Ethan," I sighed as I sat down on the edge of the bed. "I'm over that now. Once you and I leave this place, we won't tal
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