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Nothing.

“And definitely before tonight.”

“So why didn’t you tell me?”

That was the question.

Not whether I cared about her.

Not whether I wanted her.

Why the fuck didn’t I tell her?

“Because I knew this would happen.”

She laughed bitterly.

“Oh, poor Levin.”

“I didn’t say that.”

“You didn’t tell me because you didn’t want to lose me.”

“Yeah.”

I didn’t hesitate.

Her laugh disappeared.

“You took my choice away.”

I nodded.

“Yeah.”

Her eyes watered.

She wiped underneath one before anything could fall.

“I just got through finding out my husband had been lying to me for years. My sister. My cousin. Babies, Levin.”

“I know.”

“And the one motherfucker I thought I could go to while all that shit was falling apart…”

She stopped.

I felt that shit in my chest.

“You were lying too.”

I didn’t correct her this time.

Because whatever technical difference I could’ve made didn’t fucking matter.

“I should’ve told you.”

She nodded.