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The Other Side of the Table
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Janine sat there at the end of the meal, trying to figure out what to say or even how to say it. She wasn’t sure what she wanted. This was something she’d not thought about yet. There’d just not been enough time. Her son and Emily weren’t ready to do this by themselves yet.
Yes, she was ready to walk away, but they weren’t ready for her to do that. But what would happen if he lost interest in her? Or the investigation into the land put an end to this project. Then what would happen? There was so much that made little sense to her.
That building was old. They built it in the mid-eighteen hundreds. Sure they’d upgraded the thing to have electricity and running water from the well. Even indoor plumbing. But how would it w
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