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this marriage work.”
    â€œWe did try, remember? It didn’t work.”
    â€œAnd you’re wasting no time moving on.”
    â€œThe separation was your idea. Now you’re telling the kids that I’m moving back in?”
    â€œIt’s what they want, John. It’s what I want.”
    â€œYou sure about that?”
    â€œI see you’re not wearing your ring. Are you sure a separation isn’t what you’ve wanted all along?”
    â€œLorraine, let’s not do this right now, okay?”
    â€œDo what, John?”
    â€œHave another fight. Say some shit we won’t be able to take back.”
    â€œYou never answered the question, John.”
    â€œWhat question?”
    â€œAbout the woman you’re rushing off to be with.”
    â€œI’m not rushing off to be with anybody, Lorraine. I’m working a case and you know I can’t talk about it.”
    â€œOh, right. She’s one of your cases? Well, that explains everything, doesn’t it?”
    â€œI’ve gotta go.”
    â€œI thought you wanted to say good-bye to Chloe.”
    John huffed and rubbed his hand over his mouth before exiting to the family room. He emerged a minute later and continued to the door without another word to Lorraine.
    â€œJohn, wait.” Lorraine hopped off the stool and went after him. “Please stay. The kids need you. I need you.” She pressed into him.
    He swallowed his emotions and backed away. “You know I’m not going to stop being a father to my kids.”
    â€œYou haven’t been here five minutes and you can’t wait to get away.”
    â€œI’ll come back when I have more time.”
    â€œTime.” The woman sighed. “That’s always been your problem, hasn’t it, John? Not enough time for you to play superhero and be a father and husband, too. Do you at least have time to show up to your daughter’s recital this week, or will one of your cases take precedence again?”
    â€œI promised Chloe I would be there.”
    Lorraine flashed a hopeful smile as she leaned in and brushed her lips softly against his. “I don’t want this. I want you to come home where you belong. I want my husband back.”
    â€œI’ll call later to check on John Michael.” John quickly exited and sat in his truck for several seconds before pulling off. There was a time not so long ago that he would have welcomed the embrace of his wife without question, but too much time had passed while he waited, and there was someone else pulling at his heart now.
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    Alex stared at the caller ID, questioning whether to answer. When she decided it was too late; the call went to voicemail, but still there was no message.
    â€œWas that John again?”
    â€œYeah.”
    â€œHow long are you going to ignore his calls?”
    Alex sighed and threw her head back. “I made a fool out of myself today, Mama.”
    â€œWhy? Because you have feelings for a married man?”
    â€œNo. Well, yeah, that’s part of it. And, the fact that I had the nerve to get mad when she called him, as if I had any rights to the man.”
    Jamilah came from the kitchen with two glasses of iced tea, gave one to Alex, and sat next to her on the sofa. “He laid this on you, Alexandra. You didn’t go to him.”
    â€œIs that supposed to make me feel better?”
    â€œWell, you said that he as much as told you that his marriage is over. He’s not even living with the woman. Whatever she did to lose him isn’t your problem.”
    â€œGetting divorced and already being divorced are two completely different things, Mama. Besides, I don’t want to be any man’s rebound. And I have no intention of being the other woman in his drama.”
    â€œIt’s not as if you’re coming between them. You said he told you that they were over long before you came along.”
    â€œYes, but it was his