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Jackie’s POV
We were sitting at a table in a cafe. I had not said anything. she had not said anything, only Ruth had said something and that was to speak to Paul who babbled away to her. I kept my eyes on my iced tea while I felt the gaze of the woman on my head, from across me.
“Jackie?”
I tensed up at the sound of my name from her mouth and raised my head to look at her. She was smiling gently yet cautiously at me.
“I… How are you?”
The angry part of me wanting to respond that I am not okay, thanks to her son but out of respect, I took a sip out of tea and shrugged.
“I don’t know how I am,” I said, and she nodded.
“You have every right to not speak to me because of Lucas, you do. I am so sorry for how things ended. I always heard things about you. Ruth told me a lot about you and what happened months ago.”
“What do you want then?&rd
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