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Viv
107 days until starting over
Viv was tired. She had imagined a quiet dinner at home with her children, but she could hardly turn down an invitation from Jake’s parents. They lived in an upscale neighborhood she mentally dated back to the same era of her own house, though in a slightly less desirable area of town. She and Drew had seen a few houses nearby, if she remembered correctly. It was such a long time ago, of course; they’d been younger than Lisa and Singer were now.
Cathy and Joe Derrie matched their house: nondescript, ordinary. She smiled, shook hands, and thanked them for having her over on short notice. She also met the brother, Carey, and his partner, Alice. Carey shook her hand and mentioned that he’d been in Lisa’s class in high school. He clearly hadn’t been a fri
