The Four Boys at the Restaurant Sink
At the door she turned back.
“How are you going to explain it publicly?”
“The truth.”
“Which part?”
“That we decided together not to go through with an engagement.”
Her eyebrow went up.
“That’s generous.”
“I’m not going to let you be the villain in a story that was never real.”
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