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\u201cI lost everything,\u201d she whispered. \u201cMy job. My family won\u2019t talk to me. I can\u2019t get hired anywhere because everyone\u2019s seen that video. I\u2019m staying in a motel, and I can\u2019t afford next week\u2019s rent.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her. Really looked. This woman had been my everything\u2014my future, my partner, my best friend. And she\u2019d thrown it all away for my worthless brother, who disappeared the second things got complicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou made your choice,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was six weeks of stupidity! Six weeks that destroyed twelve years!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said quietly. \u201cYou destroyed twelve years in six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her face crumpled. \u201cI know. I know I did this, but please, I\u2019m begging you. Just help me get back on my feet. I\u2019ll do anything to make this right.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stepped back and started to close the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark, wait! I still love you. I know I don\u2019t deserve it, but I still\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman I loved would never have done what you did,\u201d I said. \u201cShe died the day I walked into my bedroom and saw you with Jake.\u201d<\/p>\n