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00:00divorce agreement out of nowhere your two ex on april fool's day grayson handed me a divorce
00:05agreement out of nowhere your two ex-husbands called to taunt me yesterday said you're too
00:09uptight to take an april fool's joke that there's no way you'd actually sign divorce paper i'd been
00:14married twice before we got married i'd explained everything to grayson the first time i helped
00:19spencer secure his family trust inheritance the second time i helped ethan dodge an arranged
00:24marriage both times clean breaks no feelings no baggage if that bothers you we don't have to i
00:30trust you the past is the past from now on i'm the only one you see after we got married
00:37he and my
00:37two ex-husbands were like oil and water but with me he was gentle attentive i thought i'd finally
00:43married the right man then one day i came home early from a business trip and heard him laughing
00:48and chatting with those two ex-husbands like old friends in the living room the second before the
00:53key turned in the lock i stood outside the door catching every single word of the scheming going
00:57on in the living room relax i'm definitely divorcing her she's already been divorced twice
01:03she's a joke all over the upper east site there's no way she'll dare go through a third divorce
01:07it was grayson's voice stripped of the tenderness he always lavished on me
01:12smart move picking april fool's day to hand her the divorce papers even if she loses it later you just
01:17tell her it was an april fool's jokes vivian's wedding is next week her bachelet party starts before that
01:22three of us have to be single i escaped into the coffee shop across the street i thought about
01:29the past my first marriage i did it to help my childhood friend spencer knox secure his family
01:35trust my second marriage i did it to help ethan sinclair dodge an arranged marriage his family was
01:40forcing on him i never imagined everything i'd done for them would become the very reason they
01:45thought they could manipulate me i sat in that cafe for a solid hour before i finally headed home
01:52why didn't you call i would have picked you up you eat yet already did
01:57babe there's something i wanted to tell you the company's hit a bit of a snag lately
02:01we need to do some asset separation the lawyer suggested we file for divorce first just to pro
02:07form a process
02:10once the crisis were over we'll remarry a few months tops i know this is a bit out of nowhere
02:16but spencer and ethan called today and was like you used to help them without a second thought but
02:20now for me it's a different story just taking digs the whole time they even said grayson a woman who's
02:25been divorced twice wouldn't dare go for a third josephine definitely couldn't handle it i've got it
02:29all figured out tomorrow's april fools we go that day get the papers then throw right in their faces
02:33freak them the hell out see if they ever dare look down on you again babe you wouldn't want them
02:37thinking i can't even handle something this simple right i won't then get some rest tomorrow
02:45we'll sign the papers and head to the
02:50give them a call
02:53so they can stop chattering about it
02:59babe you're the best
03:02she signed told you josephine's always the easiest to handle
03:06all right take care of vivian as i'll wrap up here and head over
03:14long time no see want to grab a drink
03:17before i would have replied sure i would have carefully picked out what to wear what makeup to put
03:23on i would have thought about how to make grayson look good in front of them but now i couldn't
03:27even be bothered to reply i set my phone face down on the coffee table got up and walked to
03:33the
03:33kitchen passing by the study grayson was still on the phone his voice was low but carried a kind of
03:38ease i'd never heard before the kitchen faucet was still running i stood at the sink washing the
03:44glasses one by one setting them in the drying rack as i finished the last one my phone lit up
03:49again
03:49this time a message from spencer heard you're getting divorced again
03:54grayson's a real piece of work he doesn't deserve you don't be upset
03:57in a few days your grandpa's 80th birthday party is being held at the quinn estate
04:01ethan and i are coming to celebrate let's all catch up
04:04what a sweet talker suddenly i really wanted to know
04:08what kind of person was vivian exactly this home
04:11this man none of it would have anything to do with me
04:16the person standing outside had a flush in her cheeks clearly she'd had more than a few drinks
04:20knew you'd still be up
04:22what are you doing here she didn't answer just swayed her way inside it wasn't until she spotted
04:27me standing in the living room that she paused josephine's home too josephine she's had too much
04:33to drink we were taking her home but she insisted on swinging by here
04:37grayson your wife's right there you ever heard of keeping things appropriate you got her wasted and
04:41dropped her off at my place and now i'm the one who needs to mind appearances
04:43i got her drunk you're the one posting on insta about being newly single fine you're a saint you're
04:48the upstanding one i delivered the girl who got drunk over you handle it however you want the air
04:52felt frozen over spencer caught in the middle all right all right knock it off
04:58vivi just wanted to swing by on the way i stood in the middle of the living room
05:02watching the whole show from start to finish way too insane
05:07all this time i thought the bond between me spencer and ethan was unbreakable i'd even married both of
05:13them when i was little and got hurt or upset spencer was always the one by myself ethan once even
05:18shielded me from a kidnapper with a knife to me they were closer than family when vivian showed up
05:24bit by bit i became the afterthought they only remembered i existed when they needed something from
05:29me i walked to the coffee table and picked up the divorce agreement good timing all of you
05:34there's something i'd like you to witness in person i've signed both copies since everyone's here
05:40why not take a good look grayson's expression shifted slightly but he recovered fast josephine
05:47we can talk about this in private you don't have to josephine's already put it out there
05:52mind if i ask when are you moving out this house is under my name after all you're not planning
06:02to
06:02stay here forever are you the house in her name he didn't deny it in that instant a flood of
06:10images
06:10rushed through my mind this is our home i'll handle the paperwork don't worry about it and me happily
06:16picking out the curtains the couch the dining table every single piece of furniture in this place
06:21i'd picked out myself trip after trip to the store i never cared whose name was on the deed but
06:27it never
06:27crossed my mind that the home we built together would be under another woman's name i'll leave
06:31right now josephine tomorrow 9 a.m see you at the courthouse
06:37waiting for the elevator i could still hear voices from inside
06:40nailed it she was even more cooperative than the day i asked her to marry me
06:45the reflection in the mirror looked calmer than i expected
06:49come get me in a few days like i just stepped out for some air and would be back any
06:54minute
06:54no need grayson don't bother coming for me
06:599 a.m the next morning when i arrived grayson was already there
07:05where'd you go last night grandpa's
07:10josephine you backed me up in front of spencer and ethan i know that and i appreciate it as for
07:14the house vivia needed to handle some paperwork at the time and needed a property under her name
07:19i figured it was just putting her name on it that's all
07:22you've never been short on anything i didn't think you'd care so i didn't mention it
07:25wouldn't care he put our home under another woman's name
07:29and brushed it off with you've never been short on anything
07:31he didn't think i wouldn't care he just didn't care whether i cared or not
07:35anyway you still have the right to live there
07:37after the divorce you stay somewhere else for a while and once i've sorted things out on my end
07:41i'll come get you
07:44let's go time to file
07:48the process was quicker than i expected
07:50the divorce papers in my hands just a few thin pages
07:54almost identical in format to the ones we'd signed when we got married
07:57i need to take a call wait here i'll drive you back later
08:02vivi it's me
08:04something came up head back on your own for now i'll talk to you later
08:14april fool's day right today
08:17he picked up and the two talked for nearly 10 minutes
08:21why hadn't josephine come out yet
08:27sorry the two sets of documents lay tangled together on the ground one
08:30his divorce decree it's fine the other a marriage certificate
08:34congrats getting married today congrats to you too
08:38today was april fool's day who gets married on april fool's day
08:42and that voice that build he could swear he'd seen this man somewhere before
08:47wait
08:50have we
08:56he was about to head back inside to find josephine when his phone buzzed again
08:59this time a location pin from spencer with a message attached
09:04he thought back to graduation day at prep school
09:08she said that before she got married
09:09she wanted everyone to go to that island and go wild for three days
09:13and three nights cash in the last of their youth
09:15now she was actually getting married
09:17and it was time to make good on that promise
09:19the resort on the island was private invite only for members
09:23among their whole group
09:24the only one with that kind of access was him
09:27so he couldn't be late grayson glanced at the dress and paused
09:30it was the one he'd bought her for her 17th birthday
09:33three months of odd jobs to save up for it
09:35what took you so long we've been waiting forever
09:38three penalty drinks no backing out
09:41fine i'll drink
09:43grayson still spoils vivi like crazy
09:46what jealous
09:48by the time they reached the resort the sky had gone dark
09:51speaking of which vivi
09:52you're getting married next week
09:54and none of us have even met the groom you've been keeping this pretty tight
09:57the groom what groom
09:59aren't you getting married next week
10:03april fools
10:07after all these years how do you guys still fall for it every single time
10:11all right all right you got us fooled us and everything
10:13oh come on i just needed an excuse to get everyone together
10:16don't tell me you can't take a joke
10:17we can take it we can take it
10:19we should be thanking you
10:21we'd never have made it onto this island without you
10:23for real somebody has been playing favorites
10:25been working on getting access to this island ever since you announced your engagement
10:29well your dreams officially come true now
10:32go nuts
10:33three days three nights all yours
10:39thanks for still remembering my dream
10:45hey wait a minute vivi's not getting married and grayson just got divorced
10:49so doesn't that make everyone single right now
10:54after all these years you two are still out here pretending to be just friends
10:57everyone knew what was going on back in school the two of you acted like you die without each other
11:01you're drunk
11:03i'm not drunk i'm serious
11:05one of you never got married the other just got divorced
11:07if that's not perfect timing what is you two should just this
11:11kiss kiss kiss
11:12come on grayson divorced his wife for vivi
11:16if vivi doesn't step up who will
11:19grayson stood there listening to the chorus of egging on all around him
11:23but a scene that didn't belong here flashed through his mind
11:25that look in her eyes too calm
11:27so calm that even after he'd gotten on the island
11:30he'd replayed it in his head a thousand times
11:32before he'd had a perfectly reasonable explanation for her composure
11:36she knew it was a fake divorce so there was nothing weighing on her
11:39but now suddenly he wasn't so sure
11:42grayson you're not gonna gang up on me with them are you
11:45he's not teasing he means it
11:47he clearly wanted to say something but it caught in his throat and never came out
11:51what was wrong with him
11:52wasn't this exactly the wild night he'd wanted
11:58no one remembered when the party ended
12:00all grayson remembered was drinking
12:01glass after glass
12:03by the end the string lights had blurred into hazy halos
12:06after that just fragments the hotel hallway lights
12:08too bright
12:09the bed too soft
12:10someone loosening his tie
12:12he thought he'd been calling out a name the whole time
12:14it wasn't until a sliver of white light fell across his eyelids
12:17that grayson opened his eyes
12:19he turned his head and saw long hair splayed across the pillow beside him
12:23he shot upright
12:24something detonated inside his skull
12:26he closed his eyes
12:27trying to piece it together
12:29last night came back in shards drinking cheering the hotel the bed and then
12:34morning
12:36grayson stood by the bed instinctively reaching for his phone
12:38looking for some kind of comfort
12:40but there wasn't a single message from josephine
12:42she hadn't asked where he was last night
12:44hadn't asked why he never reached out
12:46it wasn't like the other two times when he and spencer
12:48and then ethan had
12:49divorced
12:50air
12:51back then she'd still text to check on them
12:53ask if they were okay
12:54ask how things went
12:56follow up on the aftermath
12:57but this time her own divorce
12:59she hadn't asked a thing
13:02grayson
13:06last night
13:08i'm sorry
13:09you're apologizing to me
13:19see
13:20i can't even stand up straight
13:24grayson
13:25how much longer are you going to keep up the act
13:29back in school her grandfather used his sponsorship of you as leverage
13:32that's the only reason you got with her
13:34you've made it to where you are now
13:36you really still scared of some retired old man from the quinn family
13:41her grandfather didn't force me into anything
13:44i went after her
13:46back then that girl had dyed her hair some trendy color and wanted nothing to do with marriage
13:50her parents had divorced
13:52then died one after another
13:53she grew up under her grandfather's wing
13:55she'd seen too many relationships fall apart to think marriage meant anything at all
13:59she was a ride or die
14:00she'd sign a marriage certificate for the guys she grew up with without blinking twice
14:04but she never put an equal sign between love and marriage
14:07to her
14:07they were two different things
14:09love was freedom
14:10marriage was a cage
14:12she'd put on the cage for her friends but never for her own love
14:15it was him
14:16he went after her again and again proving over and over that he was different
14:20he told her
14:21i won't let you regret this
14:23he told her
14:24our marriage won't be a grave
14:27he tore himself open and laid every piece bare for her to see
14:30until she finally said yes
14:32she placed her love in his hands
14:34careful as glass
14:35signed a marriage certificate that
14:37this time
14:38actually meant something
14:39and now
14:40what the hell had he done
14:44vivian didn't expect him to say that
14:46then i was reading too much into it
14:48go
14:52grayson felt like he'd finally been let off the hook
14:54what the hell happened last night
14:57dude you crossed a line
14:58don't forget
14:59you and josephine's divorce is fake
15:03i'll take responsibility for her
15:05responsibility with what
15:07you got divorced yesterday and today you're talking about being responsible for someone else
15:10how is that fair to josephine
15:12then what do you want me to do
15:15ethan didn't answer
15:16just looked at him
15:17all right all right enough both of you
15:18grayson cool off first
15:19in the state you're in right now
15:20any decision you make is the wrong one
15:23i need a smoke
15:24he really did need a moment to figure out where things stood between him and his wife
15:28that obsession with vivian from back in school it was like a thorn lodged deep in his chest
15:32didn't really hurt
15:33didn't really itch
15:34but it had never truly been pulled out
15:36at 17
15:37he really had been close with vivian
15:39back then he didn't know josephine yet
15:42it wasn't until spencer and ethan brought that girl into his world that he realized josephine's
15:47grandfather had been funding more than half the students at the school
15:50including him
15:51the circle he'd been fighting tooth and nail to break into she'd been born at its center
15:55he'd done everything he could to become part of that circle
15:58and eventually
15:58he won her over
16:00he clawed his way onto the forbes 30 under
16:0230 top 10
16:03but the end of every marriage is the same monotony
16:06this time he really had planned to use april fools as an excuse to end the marriage to honor his
16:11promise to vivian and to give himself room to breathe in that moment it hit him he should go back
16:17to her even if she was furious even if she wanted to tear into him at least
16:22grayson
16:25vivian was standing on the windowsill half her body leaning out
16:28don't come any closer
16:29get down first we can talk about this
16:32back in school
16:33you wrote me a love letter
16:36he'd never written her one
16:37the only letter he'd ever written was for josephine
16:40he just never sent it
16:41then she showed up
16:43and you didn't want me anymore
16:45now you've divorced her
16:47and you still don't want me
16:48there's nothing to talk about
16:51i'm not leaving
16:52i'm staying with you
16:56really
16:57really
17:05when you figure out what your heart really wants
17:07and you want to leave
17:08i won't stop you
17:11okay
17:12every trace of josephine's contact info had been wiped clean
17:16there
17:17now you can keep your promise and really be with me
17:21do you remember my other dream
17:25with things turning out the way they did
17:27spencer and ethan had no choice but to play dumb
17:29after three days on the island
17:31they showed up at grandpa quinn's 80th birthday party like nothing had happened
17:34as josephine's closest friends
17:36they'd been there every single year
17:37this year's party was held at the quinn estate
17:40i'm sorry
17:41your names aren't on the guest list
17:43take another look
17:44josephine and i grew up together
17:45i've been coming to the quinn estate every year for the last ten years
17:49i'm sorry your names aren't on the guest list
17:51aren't those the two losers from the knox and sinclair families
17:54married into the quinn family then ran their own businesses into the ground
17:57get back together you haven't heard the old man's announcing some happy news today
18:00we've got more right to be in there than anyone else here
18:02the guard glanced at him calmly tapped his earpiece
18:05and two minutes later butler harrison walked out
18:11stop
18:12neither of you needs to come back here
18:14please leave
18:15he opened his mouth to say something
18:17but harrison had already turned and was walking back inside
18:25guests filtered past them in twos and threes heading inside
18:29let's go
18:30why the hell
18:31as they walked by their eyes carried curiosity and pity
18:34josephine and i we go back to
18:35ethan's expression darkened
18:38back to growing up together
18:40back to being the closest people in each other's lives
18:43he couldn't finish
18:46what the hell did you piss off recently
18:48the permits for the brooklyn project just got frozen
18:50they said it's some new regulations
18:53that project's been running for three years
18:55nobody ever said a word about new regulations
18:58spencer gripped the phone
18:59he couldn't get a single word out
19:01he knew exactly who
19:02that plot of land was something he'd locked down back when he and josephine were
19:08he scrolled to josephine's number
19:10hesitated for a long time
19:12must be her
19:13the same recording came back
19:17the number you have dialed is no longer in service
19:20other than being born a knox
19:22he had no real skills to his name
19:24and now his aging father was the one running around cleaning up his mess
19:29be the daddy and i'll be the mom
19:31something inside him just caved in
19:36the person he'd always assumed would be standing right where he left her
19:39waiting for him to come back whenever he was ready
19:41he had vanished over these three days as if she'd never existed in this world if his family's business hadn't
19:46gone completely under if his parents hadn't been turned away everywhere they went for help he probably wouldn't have even
19:51had a way to hear anything about her he set the phone down suddenly a memory surfaced a winter many
19:57years ago that year
19:58his family was in crisis josephine grabbed his family was in crisis josephine grabbed his hand and said don't be
20:02scared you've got me back then he believed the whole world could change but josephine never would that was the
20:10kind of trust that ethan grayson and vivian could never compare to the rest of them loved to play around
20:15and he he was reckless so on certain things they ran in the same circles but if he was ever
20:20down to one last way out it would always be josephine and now suddenly he had no idea what to
20:26do
20:26ethan wasn't doing any better three major clients once his logistics company had partnered with for five years all terminated
20:33their contracts on the same day the official reason was polished business restructuring but when he had someone make a
20:39few calls the other side hemmed and hawed before finally saying word about you being turned away at grandpa quinn's
20:45birthday party it's made the rounds across the entire circle
20:48everyone's reassessing the stability of doing business with your family ethan hung up and slammed his phone on the desk
20:54he had no idea why josephine had suddenly done this she hadn't given him a second to react he wanted
21:00to explain wanted to say something but he didn't even know where to begin back then when she married him
21:05it was to help him dodge the arranged marriage his family was pushing the day they signed the papers he
21:10played it cool and said it's just a formality don't stress about it
21:14but deep down he never wanted it to be just a formality he'd been in love with her since the
21:19very first time spencer brought her around he'd taken a knife for her during a kidnapping he thought she'd never
21:25forget him for the rest of her life
21:29but she only ever saw him as a brother once the arranged marriage situation was over she simply said time
21:35to end this he stalled for three months made up every excuse to avoid meeting refused to sign until she
21:41finally said
21:42ethan don't make this hard for me but then the woman who had always run from marriage who wanted nothing
21:48to do with it actually married grayson for love what did grayson even have back in school the guy was
21:54clearly into vivian then spencer and ethan introduced him to josephine and he just switched targets how the hell could
22:00she choose a two-timing grayson over someone who'd been devoted to her all along so from the moment vivian
22:06announced her engagement ethan had been planning he was the first to come up with the idea
22:11use april fool's day to get josephine to sign the papers without a fight once she was divorced once she
22:16was single he'd finally have his shot his phone buzzed again a message from his father
22:24tomorrow we're going to the quinn residence to apologize in person you're coming with me
22:30ethan stared at the screen for a long time then replied with a single word okay he put down the
22:35phone and dug out an old photograph from the very back of the drawer
22:38in the picture josephine was 15 hair in a ponytail standing under a magnolia tree smiling
22:45he'd taken it without her knowing kept it hidden for over a decade vivian loved the ocean
22:51she wanted to visit every coastal city that was her other dream
22:54in the past grayson would have told josephine he was going on a business trip
22:59then he'd take vivian on a getaway he'd have the time of his life riding that thrill
23:03and then out of guilt he'd come home and be twice as good to his wife but this time was
23:09different
23:09this time he was single the car traced the coastline south they'd seen the ocean a thousand times over
23:16and vivian's excitement never wavered grayson though was growing more and more distracted
23:21by the second month he wanted to go back the moment he brought it up vivian got sick
23:26he had no choice but to stay a while longer a few days became a week
23:30a week became two two weeks dragged into a month
23:34one afternoon a friend on a business trip nearby asked to meet at a cafe
23:38he was halfway there when he realized he'd left his phone behind and turned back
23:44the bedroom door was slightly ajar vivian's voice drifted through the crack she was on facetime with a friend
23:50girl you've had the man to yourself for months and you still haven't sealed the deal
23:54don't tell me he's actually some kind of saint
23:58grayson's feet stopped dead
24:01faking sick and hurt can't really do much else
24:05but even though i haven't sealed the deal i sent all our photos together to josephine quinn
24:09if she has any self-awareness at all she should know it's time to go
24:14what did you send to josephine
24:19you didn't think i'd find out
24:21grayson you why are you back
24:24i i was just joking around with my friend
24:27so you were never actually sick it was all just to keep me here
24:29grayson didn't stay to hear the rest
24:31he turned and stormed out
24:33the car tore all the way back to new york
24:36on the road he tried to message her
24:38the truth was these past few months
24:40it wasn't that he'd never thought about reaching out
24:42it was that every time he picked up his phone he'd remember what he promised vivian
24:46he was afraid that one reply from josephine would break him afraid he'd see
24:50he typed out a message and sent it
24:52the screen read
24:54undelivered
24:56josephine it's me let me know you got this
24:57still undelivered
24:59his fingers slowly tightened around the steering wheel
25:02knuckles turning white
25:03the number you are trying to reach is currently unavailable
25:08it's fine she's probably just busy
25:11maybe her phone died
25:12the next evening the car finally turned onto that familiar road
25:15he knew she was close with her grandfather after the divorce
25:19she'd be staying at the quinn estate for sure
25:21he jumped out of the car
25:22practically pounding on the door
25:24the door opened
25:25josephine stood behind it
25:27she was already carrying my child when we signed the papers
25:32she didn't say anything
25:33not because she didn't care
25:35but because she was waiting for him to come back on his own
25:37she was carrying his child
25:39josephine
25:39let me take you home
25:40let's remarry
25:42remarry?
25:43why don't you ask my husband first if he's okay with that?
25:47a hand stopped him square at the chest
25:49josephine took a step back
25:51grayson froze
25:52it's you?
25:53he remembered the day of the divorce
25:54you two?
25:56the baby?
25:57is it mine?
25:59what do you think?
26:00frederick's hand rested on her shoulder
26:02he didn't say a word
26:03he just looked at her belly
26:05grayson suddenly understood
26:07it wasn't his
26:08it had never been his
26:10josephine what are you doing?
26:11did you forget what we agreed on?
26:13the fake divorce?
26:14the april fools?
26:16sorry i don't celebrate april fools
26:18his mind exploded
26:19but if you want to celebrate it i can wish you the best
26:24happy april fools
26:26grayson stood there staring at that door for a long time
26:29the shadow of the magnolia tree by the entrance fell across his feet
26:32he suddenly remembered the way she'd looked up at him when she signed the divorce papers
26:36now he got it
26:37that wasn't calm
26:38that was the look of someone who'd given up
26:39he leaned against the wall by the door and slowly slid down to the ground
26:43this time it was really over
26:44spencer and ethan
26:45after the quinn family publicly announced they were cutting all ties with both their families
26:49found themselves struggling to stay afloat in the business world
26:52both companies shriveled into hollow shells
26:54grayson had some real ability
26:55but the truth behind the divorce slowly leaked out
26:58asset separation
26:59april fools joke it had all just been a cover for forcing his wife into a divorce
27:03so he could be with another woman
27:04once the news spread
27:05several major deals fell through one after another
27:08carter technology's ipo plans stalled
27:10investors pulled out
27:11one by one
27:12and his head wasn't in the company anyway
27:14he kept telling himself josephine was just upset once she cooled down
27:17she'd come back
27:18he even convinced himself that frederick was just some opportunist who'd swooped in
27:22the baby had to be his she was just being stubborn refusing to admit it
27:27he went through her old photos over and over
27:29scrolled through their old text threads
27:31until the screen of his phone was practically worn smooth
27:33he was certain she was still waiting just too proud to say so
27:36vivian watched the three men she'd leaned on most fall apart
27:39one by one losing themselves over josephine
27:41watching their family businesses crumble until her heart finally went cold
27:44at their lowest point
27:45she swept up the last of all three men's savings
27:48and quietly flew off to europe
27:50when spencer tried calling the number was already disconnected
27:53grayson would occasionally see the ashworth group in the forbes headlines
27:56youngest billionaire attends charity gala with wife and daughter
28:00in the photo frederick was in a deep navy suit
28:03with josephine beside him in a champagne colored gown
28:05in her arms a little girl with tiny braids
28:08eyes crinkled up in a smile
28:09then he saw frederick's name in bloomberg again
28:12business person of the year
28:13attending a foundation gala with his wife and daughter
28:16in the photo josephine wore a dark green gown
28:19standing beside frederick
28:21the little girl in her arms
28:22eyes crinkled up in the same smile
28:24that smile he'd seen it a long long time ago
28:27the streetlights outside flickered on
28:29lighting up the small apartment he was renting alone in queens
28:32empty
28:33his phone screen lit up
28:34then dimmed
28:35no new messages
28:36there never would be again
28:38there never would be again
28:38or maybe
28:38the little girl
28:39Or perhaps
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