I Made Them Pay

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spa hotel room and caught

o him, the same as the

was grading student papers in the

riends at the spa, so I

was a birthday gift from Hailee. How did

here that day too. Was he rea

felt like it was crum

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shortly after Sean lef

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. "You know what today is, and you stil

-hit me like a b

d them, Sean used that exa

tone cryptic. "Your friend

Hailee. "She's just a bit high-mai

m flirt on the vi

toward Hailee been i

, their next words shatter

houlder. "Have you had

er cheek with

he added, "You know..

e gig

a bucket of ice water dumpe

ago-Sean stopped letting m

nd too much time at the shop

"I got you imported detergent a

ne cost nearly half

tful, but I never imagined he

got together, I was a white-c

ill and passed away, draining our savin

nd apologized. "Kallie, I don'

hD program, so I gritted my teeth, quit my j

n called it low-class-but the boom

rills, waking before dawn to shop at the mark

port Sean's doctorate, t

eaching job, he turned ar

aid I'd wo

was the

ds of Sean and Hailee kis

usted most had made