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Billy’s gaze hovered on the phone and he considered calling Meg. She had sounded stressed out before. If Nicole wasn’t still on her honeymoon, he would have call her and asked her to check in on Meg. Meg had asked him to keep their phone call private, but he had a feeling she needed more help than he could give her right now. He was about five minutes away from financial difficulties of his own. He was becoming the black sheep of the university and the other professors were doing the best they could to distance themselves, both personally and professionally from him. As much as everyone denied they were behaving any differently, it was extremely obvious at times like this. As he walked into the small cafeteria and took his seat, all around him people started whispering and furtively loo
