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59. An Old Friend

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Stress.

I guess when God made me, he accidentally poured a whole tanker of stress into my life.

I rubbed the back of my neck as I stared at the message from my asshole best friend.

WILLIAM HARVEY: It's taking longer than I thought. Both of the works.

I swore as I threw the paperweight across the room.

I wiped the sweat off my forehead.

"LILIANA!" I yelled. "LILIANA, GET IN HERE!"

My middle-aged PA hurried in, looking wide-eyed at the shattered paperweight on the floor.

"Why isn't the air conditioner working?" I spat at her.

She looked at me weirdly.

"WHAT?"

"I will get it checked right away, Sir." She said.

"And get one of those paperweights." I waved dismissively at the wet mess on my floor. It was a gift from Olivia when we were first engaged. I didn't know if she had noticed it the last time she had visited, but if she did she would make some other pathetic assumption about the whole situation.

"Of course, Sir." She pick
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