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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 16:16:51 GMT -5
"You let your passion rule your heart and your head"
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 16:19:37 GMT -5
"And the funny thing is...I wish he'd just tell me. I don't think I'd even care...I mean, I'd care. I don't mean care. I mean...Ellie, I love him." there were tears in her eyes. "and even if he were sleeping with a hundred other people...if he just wouldn't lie to me about it...I hate loving him right now..."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 16:21:39 GMT -5
"Claire - you shouldn't have gotten involved with him"
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 16:22:56 GMT -5
"It's a little late for that..."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 16:24:38 GMT -5
"Claire, it's never to late to make things right. What does your heart tell you?"
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Post by Gayelette Keats on Nov 4, 2008 16:26:53 GMT -5
Gayelette had been standing by all the while, listening. So her mom and dad were on the rocks? And he was quite the player in his time...well, not that his time had passed, entirely. Hers had just been sped up.
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 16:28:36 GMT -5
"That I love him..." a tear rolled down her face. "Ellie...I fell in love with Taye the very first time I set eyes on him. Even when I thought he was in love with you...I still was in love with him. And I couldn't stop myself then. I surely can't stop myself now...we have a life, a marriage, children..."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 16:45:20 GMT -5
"What do you think we should do?" she asked - willing her calmness to Claire. She knew what to do, if only she could think clearly!
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 17:00:32 GMT -5
"I don't know. I don't know!" she tried to breathe. The took in a deep breath and let it out, then again and again. "Ok, now I feel lightheaded..." she touched her hand to her head, stumbling back a little. "I need to sit down. I don't feel well at all..." she leaned against the stone railing and sank down. "I think i'm gonna be sick..." she put her hand over her mouth. All this thought of her husband being with some other woman...some other man...was making her sick.
She suddenly bolted up and ran to the opposite end of the patio and leaned over the railing, loosing her lunch. She shook her head and wiped her mouth. "Well, tonight has just been lovely!" she cried, walking back toward Ellie.
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 22:38:44 GMT -5
Ellie conjured a handkerchief and wiped Claire's face and mouth. "It's ok, it's ok." it was all she could say. She hoped Claire would be all right, that she could go back to being the girl she once was.
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 23:10:00 GMT -5
"I'm fine..." she said, trying to convince herself. She sat down fanning herself, feeling that hot to cold wash over her. She felt like she was going to be sick again, but she didn't think she was. "I'm fine. I'm fine..." there were tears streaming down her face.
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 23:10:53 GMT -5
"Claire, you need to talk to him. If you can't, I will. YOu need to know the truth. No more guessing."
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 23:13:37 GMT -5
"I know..." she shook her head. "I don't want to know, Ellie. Because I'm afraid if I ask, he'll tell me. And he'll tell me he doesn't love me anymore. I can't hear him say that. I can't..."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Nov 4, 2008 23:14:09 GMT -5
"you have to know the truth. You know you do."
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Post by Claire Heart on Nov 4, 2008 23:16:54 GMT -5
"I know..." she took Ellie's hand in hers. "You're my best friend, and I can't do this alone."
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