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Calysta waves her hand over her face. Repeating it again. Just to get rid of the heat and anger that's been haunting her. The feeling doesn't diminish even though she's tried to divert it.
"Damn it!" Calysta throws the glass she used to enjoy her favorite wine. This is the third glass, but her anger still hasn't subsided. Making her engulfed in an edgeless irritation. "Watch out, Jane!"
She breathes heavily out of emotion. "And you too, Giselle. Especially you, Kate!" She clenches her fists. "Damn it! Damn it!"
She then collapses onto the soft couch available. Leaning back while supporting her head there and letting her eyes stare at the ceiling of the room. The shadow of the dinner earlier comes back. Especially when the words of a Jane Oliver, made anyone at the table silenced.
"Don't you think? When your marriage spread throughout the country, where previously Austin had just divorced his unworthy wife, didn't your status become a question? Were you pr
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