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("Footprints")Tj
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(Episode #251)Tj
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(- Brent received a visit from Sarah, who delivered the signed divorce pa\
pers.)Tj
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(- Infuriated to learn that Stan was still following Claire, Ryan came cl\
ean with his )Tj
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(biological father about Stan's long-ago rape of Claire.)Tj
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(- Lauren saw her parents off on a months-long cruise and was then surpri\
sed by the )Tj
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(return of her brother, Trevor, who promised to stay at least for a few w\
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(- Jason received cheering up from Lauren in the wake of his breakup with\
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(CHARLENE POWERS AGENCY)Tj
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(The elevator has arrived countless times throughout the morning, but thi\
s time, its )Tj
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(ding)Tj
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( )Tj
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(catches Molly's attention. She glances up from her desk, pen still clasp\
ed between her )Tj
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(fingers, and looks across the floor.)Tj
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(She sees him right away, despite all the activity and all the other face\
s in the way. A )Tj
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(smile breaks on her face as she watches Brent peeking his head out over \
the crowded )Tj
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(floor in search of her. Part of her wants to stand up and wave her arms \
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(He spots her soon enough and his meandering pace escalates into a quick \
stride. She )Tj
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(turns her attention back down to the form in front of her and tries to f\
inish the few )Tj
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(remaining blocks that need to be filled out, but she can't even get that\
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(arrives in front of her. She forgets the form instantly and happily.)Tj
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("Hey, you," she greets. "What are you doing here?")Tj
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("I was wondering if you had a couple minutes to talk, actually.")Tj
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(The temptation is strong, but she knows that there is a pile of work awa\
iting her )Tj
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(attention. "I don't know ...")Tj
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("Go ahead!" comes a voice from behind them.)Tj
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(Molly turns in her chair to see Camille Lemieux blowing out of her offic\
e, ensconced in a )Tj
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(calf-length lavender wrap. )Tj
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("Use my office if you want to talk," Camille says. "I've got that lunch \
meeting, )Tj
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(remember? I'll be out for awhile.")Tj
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(past, the torment that's seeping into her present and her future, means \
escaping )Tj
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(everything Ryan Moriani represents.)Tj
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(Still she doesn't speak.)Tj
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("You can't keep doing this," he says, not coming any closer to her. "You\
can't live the rest )Tj
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(of your life like some empty shell. I'm sorry you lost Tim -- I'm sorry \
you have to live )Tj
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(She keeps her back to him.)Tj
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("Until you face that, there's not a hell of a lot anyone can do for you,\
" he says. He )Tj
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(opens it and steps out without so much as a move from Claire, and as he'\
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(closed behind him, she still hasn't done anything.)Tj
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(She doesn't turn around for a long time after he leaves. Even though he \
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(What do you think it will take for both Claire and Ryan to find closure?\
Can )Tj
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(they? And how will Brent and Molly deal with the divorce? Join us in the\
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(Footprints Forum to share your thoughts with others!)Tj
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(She is making the offer to both of them, but Molly sees Brent deferring \
to her. She )Tj
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(glances at the stack of folders and loose documents beside her, then up \
at Camille. "Are )Tj
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("Absolutely! You've been plowing through all of this stuff for hours. Ta\
ke a break!")Tj
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("All right, thanks," Molly says as she rises uncertainly from her chair.\
)Tj
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(Suddenly Camille extends a hand to Brent. "Camille Lemieux.")Tj
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(Brent shakes. "Brent Taylor. Nice to meet you.")Tj
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("The pleasure's mine," Camille chimes as she bounces off. Molly shakes h\
er head with a )Tj
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(little laugh when, as Brent's back is turned, Camille flashes her a thum\
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(disappearing down the hall.)Tj
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("That must be the new boss," Brent says.)Tj
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("Yep, that would be her.")Tj
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("She's definitely ... peppy.")Tj
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("Peppy's a good word for it. I'm not complaining, though. She's a hundre\
d times better )Tj
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(than the chain-smoking maniac I was working with on the first day." She \
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(pen. "So you wanna go in the office to talk?")Tj
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("Sure, yeah.")Tj
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(Molly leads the way, not bothering to look out before closing the door. \
For some reason, )Tj
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(she'd rather not know who watched her and Brent disappearing into the of\
fice together. )Tj
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("So what's up?" she asks as the door clicks into place.)Tj
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("Actually, something pretty important." He buries his hands in the pocke\
ts of his coat, )Tj
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(which despite the coming of spring hasn't yet become unnecessary. "Somet\
hing we've )Tj
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(CLAIRE FISHER'S APARTMENT)Tj
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(This is such a waste of time)Tj
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(, Claire tells herself as she settles into the sofa. She pops the )Tj
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(It's not that looking through the photos or revisiting the memories is a\
waste of time in )Tj
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(and of itself, but it seems like she's been through all of these photo a\
lbums so much )Tj
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sn't have long until )Tj
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(she's supposed to meet Paula for lunch, though, and TV seems unappealing\
. She's )Tj
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(already finished the book that she started this past weekend and she saw\
everything she )Tj
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(So the photo album it is. There are only about four years of photos that\
she cares to look )Tj
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(at anyway; luckily those are the only ones held in these albums. She'd p\
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(As she begins to glance through the pictures -- in an order that she's j\
ust about )Tj
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(memorized -- two solid raps sound on the door.)Tj
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(She stands immediately and replaces the photo album on the shelf before \
she goes to the )Tj
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(door. She is about to undo the lock and open it up when she thinks to pe\
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("Claire, let me in!" Ryan calls from the other side just as she looks at\
him through the )Tj
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(tiny window. "This is important!")Tj
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("It always is," she mumbles, stepping back from the door indecisively.)Tj
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("Please, let me in! I need to talk to you.")Tj
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(Sighing heavily, she undoes the lock and flings the door open. She doesn\
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(He does just as she knew he would, letting himself in and then shutting \
the door. )Tj
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("There's something you need to know, Claire.")Tj
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(She tosses her head onto the back of the sofa and groans. "There's alway\
s something I )Tj
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("I'm serious.")Tj
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("You're )Tj
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("Well, I'm sorry," he snaps with an edge that makes Claire take notice. \
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(has been able to turn on a dime, especially when it's his temper that's \
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(She decides to get out of this the easy way. "All right, what is it?")Tj
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(She sees Ryan hesitate. Clearly she offended him with her attitude a mom\
ent ago, and )Tj
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(now he's deciding whether or not he's going to share whatever this impor\
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(is with the ungrateful woman in front of him. That's Ryan Moriani's way \
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(the world -- he reacts to however he thinks it's reacting to him.)Tj
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(Finally he seems to decide that the news is more important than teaching\
Claire a lesson. )Tj
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("It's Stan," he says.)Tj
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(She nearly groans again, but his next words put everything sharply into \
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("He knows the truth. He knows about the rape.")Tj
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("I think I eat here too much," Jason says, eyes wandering around the res\
taurant while he )Tj
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(sips his Sprite.)Tj
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("You could try to get yourself banned," Alex offers. "Moon a waitress or\
something. That )Tj
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(might work.")Tj
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("I don't think I really needed to be banned from my dad's business, but \
thanks." Jason )Tj
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afternoon!")Tj
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("Me too! Just looking at apartments is exciting ... Can you imagine how \
cool it'll be if we )Tj
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("I'm not counting on it. I have a feeling we may wind up seeing some cra\
ppy, crappy )Tj
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("Listen, are you sure you're okay with this whole thing?")Tj
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(Jason rolls his eyes, but it's a gesture of disbelief, not annoyance. "I\
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("All right, good ... I know I'm a pain in the ass. I just worry that you\
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(of a sudden that you're making a mistake getting a place with me.")Tj
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("I'm not making a mistake. I know it could be a weird situation, but we'\
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("For a change.")Tj
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(Jason cracks a grin. "Yeah. But seriously, I can't think of someone I'd \
rather live with. )Tj
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(You're one of the best friends I've got.")Tj
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("Really? Thanks." Alex lifts his Coke to drink but pauses midway. "You, \
too. I mean, I'm )Tj
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(surprised at how good of friends we've gotten to be. Not really how I ex\
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("Yeah, well ... apparently things don't like to wind up the way you expe\
ct.")Tj
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(Alex muses on the dark comment for a moment. "How're you holding up?" he\
asks )Tj
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(finally. "Have you talked to Court?")Tj
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("Nope. I keep wondering if I should, but it's like, what the hell am I g\
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(do? I'll probably just make things worse.")Tj
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("You don't know that.")Tj
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("No, but I have a pretty good feeling about it. I don't know, things are\
just so volatile )Tj
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(right now. I don't even know what I could say that would make things any\
different.")Tj
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(Alex sits on for a minute. "Yeah, I guess not. But ... are you just gonn\
a let it go?")Tj
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("I don't know if I have any other choice.")Tj
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("I know I keep apologizing, but I really am sorry that this whole thing \
happened because )Tj
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(of something I set in motion. If there's anything I can do ...")Tj
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("Thanks. I think I would've gone nuts by now without you and Lauren.")Tj
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("Yeah, she's been really good. She's been trying to cheer me up and see \
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(of this whole thing, if there is one." Jason takes a long drink of his S\
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(anything left but the ice in the glass. "I'm actually surprised she hasn\
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(Court did.")Tj
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("Yeah, me too. But that's cool, that she's being so supportive.")Tj
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("It's really helped. Have you talked to her lately?")Tj
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(Alex shakes his head, looking down. "No. I don't really know what to say\
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(After everything I put her through, I don't know how much better things \
could get.")Tj
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("Don't give up on her," Jason says. "She might surprise you.")Tj
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(The confidence with which Jason speaks those words throws Alex a little \
bit, but he lets it )Tj
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("So ... when are you gonna get back into the dating thing?")Tj
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(Alex knows that he must look like a deer caught in the headlights. But t\
ruthfully, he's )Tj
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("No idea?")Tj
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("I don't even know where to start," Alex says quietly. "And if I did, I \
don't think I'd have )Tj
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(any clue what to do beyond that.")Tj
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("We can work on that," Jason says, undaunted.)Tj
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("Yeah! I'm always up for an adventure.")Tj
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(CHASE HOME)Tj
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(A gust of lingering winter chill rushes into the house as Courtney opens\
the door.)Tj
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("Ah, good, I see you brought some miserable weather with you," she says \
to Lauren.)Tj
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("Not my fault! It was here when I got here, I swear." Lauren steps quick\
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(and takes off her coat. "It's good to see you!")Tj
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("You, too! We haven't hung out in forever!")Tj
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("It hasn't exactly been 'forever' ...")Tj
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("Feels like it." Courtney takes Lauren's coat from her and hangs it up, \
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("Ooh, I could go for some of that." Lauren seats herself on one of the s\
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(island. "So how are you?")Tj
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(Courtney knows exactly what Lauren means. "I'm ... good. Really. I miss \
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(Courtney turns around with a wicked smile. "Couldn't be your brother, co\
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("As a matter of fact, yes. He said he ran into you at 322.")Tj
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("Yeah, I was working and all of a sudden this guy knew my name and I had\
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("Anyway, yeah, he mentioned that you didn't seem too happy.")Tj
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("He didn't help matters much." She's about to continue down that line wh\
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(microwave beeps, and she busies herself with removing the popcorn. "So d\
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(back to see your parents off on their cruise or what?")Tj
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("Actually, he timed it so he didn't have to see them at all.")Tj
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("Really? Why?")Tj
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("I'm not really sure. He hasn't wanted to talk about it very much, so ..\
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(Courtney rips open the bag and a cloud of steam hurries up to meet her f\
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("I'm sure he's got something else in mind, especially if he's that uncon\
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("I'm happy for you," Courtney says as she scoops up a handful of the pop\
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("Thanks. And things are gonna get better for you. Just hang in there.")Tj
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("I'm trying.")Tj
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("Yeah?" Molly asks as Brent fishes inside his coat.)Tj
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("I think this will explain it," he says, removing his hand -- and a docu\
ment that Molly )Tj
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("She signed the divorce papers?")Tj
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("Yeah. She brought them over the other day.")Tj
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("Wow." Molly takes the papers from his hand and flips through, looking a\
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("Well, hopefully. I've learned pretty damn well not to count my chickens\
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(There are a lot of things perched on Molly's lips but none seem ready to\
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(crosses the elegantly decorated office and stops in front of the broad w\
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(eyes on her, watching her, waiting for her to give some indication of wh\
ere they go next.)Tj
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(She has her own ideas about that, but far too many of those aren't fit t\
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(Her hand reaches out to the window. She taps each fingernail on it once \
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("I know." She knows that he's thinking the exact same thing that she is:\
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(is a million times heavier.)Tj
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(Then he surprises her. She hears his footsteps, feels him coming closer.\
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(brushing against her back, and the heat moving from his hand to hers is \
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(been dying to feel since that night on the pier, and long before.)Tj
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("Let's not rule anything out," he says. The breath from his words dances\
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(sides.)Tj
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(His gaze meets hers, and she can see the torture in his eyes that she kn\
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("He )Tj
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(what)Tj
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("No. I--I told him." The admission seems to twist the knife a little dee\
per into Ryan's )Tj
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("You told him? Why?")Tj
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("I am )Tj
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(!" Ryan shoots right back. "I know I made a mistake, Claire. I didn't wa\
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("Why?" A terrifying tension is swirling through her body now, the type t\
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(Ryan's stare locks on her and she's certain that something vicious is co\
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(anymore.")Tj
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(His fingers are trembling against hers, and suddenly she pulls back. She\
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(something, it completely turns my life upside-down!")Tj
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("And every time )Tj
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")Tj
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