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'' Lucy,'' he called. Lucy's attention was broken by his voice. She looked at him. The water was running down the tips of his hair. It was dropping down the floor. His clothes were all wet too. Before she could say something the fact that the divorce papers were still in front of her shocked her the most.
She needs to hide them fast. She arranged them and hides them away in the file. '' Why are you hiding them?'' he asked. She had nothing to say in response to that. '' Ah, they are some office files I don't need them anymore. I will throw them away,'' she said getting up walking past him.
Before he could grab a hold of her she ran away from his hands. He stood there for a while. Then he went to the bathroom took off his clothes and turned on the shower.
Lucy went to the kitchen. Turned on the stove and burned off the papers. '' Did he managed to see them? No that can't be true or else he would have surely asked something. If any misunderstandin
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