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GOLDIE
I got nowhere. All day, I dug into the budget and got nowhere. I was frustrated and defeated. I was going to lose my job. And there was nothing I could do about it.
What I hated was the budget was not the main thing on my mind. What was on my mind was Patrick.
After our meeting, he was cold. Distant. Separated. I knew he was hoping I would say something about thinking about him in my bath Friday night, but I just couldn’t. Not after dinner with Valentina and watching her life implode.
I finally left the office way too late, hating that I was putting my job ahead of my kid. It wasn’t fair to Paul, and I wanted to change it. Guess I’d have plenty of time to spend time with him when I lost my job.
Paul had already eaten dinner when I got home. He was at the table doing homework
