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Chapter Twenty-Five
When Jenny returned to her office there was a stack of mail and several phone messages waiting for her. And so was Brian.
“Where were you?”He tried not to sound too anxious.
“Excuse me?”
“I’ve been calling all morning.” He wasn’t succeeding.
“I didn’t know I had to check in with you.”
“Bad day, huh?”
“Not really, actually things are getting better. But as you can see, I have a ton of work here, so what did you want?” It was obvious by her tone, Jenny did not want to engage in a conversation with Brian, but her persisted.
“I was worried about you. Denise is angry at her brother and asked me to check in on you.”
“Oh? Well, you can tell your wife I’m fine. Johnny is fine. We’re all just fine. Now you can leave.”
“Ok, so I’m concerned about you also.”
“That’s big o
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