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She remembered the feeling perfectly. She knew she was wrong, "Sinning," but she did not care. She had spent her adolescence being the perfect daughter, then a perfect wife, and she was desperate for a chance to be bad. To be herself.

She turned slowly to face him. When their eyes met, Banks knew the answer.

This is what they do when they're together, isn't it?

They break these little, insignificant rules.

Banks walked down the side aisle. His steps were calm, yet determined, as he made his way toward the corridor leading to the confessional booth.

Perhaps it was fear, but Arabella felt her heart pound in her throat just at the thought of being caught. She could barely imagine how she would be talked about by the entire condominium; how Mason would react; the consequences she would face.

Arabella took a deep breath. The consequences would come in the future, so she would deal with them then.

There was a rosary hanging around her neck, and she tucked it inside her dress. As the prie