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CHAPTER 14:TYPICAL JEREMY AUSTIN
My eyes were on him as he looked out the window of the hospital room. Alex has had a couple of days to prepare for this talk,4 to be exact. Even given the time to prepare for this conversation mentally,the truth of it all didn't go down any easier. Alex is a friend,a good friend. I'm sure right now he's thinking he could have done something to prevent this from happening, prevent my fake marriage to a man I didn't even know.
Truthfully,he couldn't have done anything to help me. I wouldn't have allowed him to anyway. It was my responsibility to figure this out and I did. I made the best out of the situation and I did what I had to do.
Alex sighed."I wish you would have come to me,Vanessa. I'm not swimming in money like the Austin's are,but we could have found a way to figure this out together."
"I appreciate that,Alex. I do. But I didn't want to burden anyone with my problems,they were mine to figure out alone."I looked a
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