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[abarberswife]

I should have known. I should have known it would happen. For fifteen years I have been fed lies, and to think I believed things had changed. To think I let him sway me with false words and expensive gifts, and flowers... He did not give me these things because he wanted to, he gave them to me because he believed he had to, because by law, I am his

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[allinnature]

Lucy? Is there something wrong?

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[abarberswife]

Only by a fault of my own..

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[allinnature]

I'm sure not. Is there anything I can do to help?

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[abarberswife]

I suppose this is what I deserve for trusting so easily...

Thank you for your concern, but I would not want to be a nuisance.

[darker_alice]

Lucy Barker.

What bothers you?

[abarberswife]

My own foolishness.

[darker_alice]

Everyone's foolishness bothers them a little. Of course, detail into such matters might be appreciated.

[abarberswife]

I made poor choices concerning relations between Mister Todd and I. He could not keep his word, and in turn, I kept mine.

I will not let him hurt me any longer.

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[stick_to_priest]