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had given her a headache, and the guilt
she'd been suppressing was coming to the surface. It was bad enough she
was at a party hosted by her ex, but now was she really going to gamble with
money that they couldn’t afford to lose? She could just feel David's hostility
if he ever found out. This right here might be the end of everything between them.
    While Adir was occupied with the others, Kate started to get that
panicked feeling. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, after all. No matter what
troubles she and her husband were having, did she so blatantly want to go
against him or what they had built? Suddenly, she felt like she was cheating on
him even though she hadn't done anything yet other than a little harmless
flirting...in her ex’s favorite dress...in his house... ugh , she thought
to herself. 
    "Hey, just in time. Our final victim for the night has
arrived and from what I hear, he's got deep pockets!"
    As Adir ushered the man into the room, Kate's face burned with a
mixture of shock and guilt, which was mirrored on the face of her husband
staring back at her.
    "Everyone, this is David. David, this is everyone.”
    The regulars at the table moved over and made room for David at
the table. Adir plunked down a cold Bells Black Note Stout in front of him
    What the hell, Kate thought. He
must come here often if Adir has his favorite fucking beer in his fridge.
    Kate was speechless and from the look on David's face, she could
tell he was just as confused.
    Adir slapped him on the back. "Meet my old friend, Kate.
David, Kate, Kate, David,"
    David stood up from the table with the excuse that he had to go to
the bathroom, and Kate followed him. They waited until Adir and the others were
out of earshot before he tore into her. "What the hell are you doing
here?"
     
    "I was going to ask you the same thing! What, did you follow
me here? You sure as hell didn't care where I was going earlier."
    "Of course I didn't! ...How do you even know this guy
anyway?"
    "Adir...is Adiraez. Adiraez Stone." 
    David narrowed his eyes at her. It took a few moments for the name
to register, but when it did, there was a flash of recognition in his eyes.
"Wait. You mean your ex, Adiraez?"
    Kate nodded.
    David threw his arms up in the air, circling around her while the
information sunk in. "And what the hell are you doing here at your
ex-boyfriend's house, anyway?"
    "What are you doing here? From what he said, it sounds like
you've been keeping your own nasty little secrets too, David." 
    "Don't you dare start with me,” David said, giving Kate the icy
look she’d grown all too accustomed to.
    "Is that how it's going to be now? Because you've obviously
done a lot worse than not telling me where you're going. Like an idiot, I’m
thinking you really are working late, but obviously you’ve been running off to
some weekly poker game. And after all the grief you've been giving me for the
credit card bills, the mortgage payments...are you kidding me?" 
    Kate had to stop herself and take a couple of deep breaths. She
could see some of the others looking at them funny and the last thing she
wanted was for Adir to find out exactly who his good pal David was. That would
be enough embarrassment to last her a lifetime. Here she was, supposedly
happily married yet neither spouse even knew what the other was up to, which
made her marriage look like the total failure that it was turning out to be.
She rolled her eyes at the thought of it.
    "Katie..." he said, trying to soften the mood.  But Kate
was sick of it; sick of the way he treated her, like he was superior to her,
like she was some child who needed discipline.
    "Don't even bother," she whispered. "Why don't we
just go on pretending we don't know one another, huh? It's been working fine
for us for months, hasn't it? I'd say we're both getting pretty good at it by
now, wouldn't you?"
    Before David could respond, Adir came back into the room, handing
each of them a drink, and then put a hand on