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79|Torn
The digital display on the dash said it's 8:15 PM.
It's late.
But not late enough for Linda to have gone home already.
Liam's appointment with her was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, but he couldn't wait that long. He had to chat with her ASAP.
She didn't sound too impressed when he called her, but she agreed to a thirty-minute chat.
The building was nearly empty, and he wasn't likely to run into anyone, so he took the public elevator to Linda's floor.
"Couldn't this wait? We're supposed to meet in two days," she said as she showed him inside.
"Nice to see you too, Linda." Liam smiled and headed straight to the couch. "And no, it couldn't wait. I have news!"
He spent the first ten minutes of their spur of the moment meeting, updating his therapist on his two romantic evenings with Eden.
Normally he liked to sit up for their chats, but today he wanted to act like a real patient and get his money's worth.
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