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Once John was in the elevator, Daniel found a small table to sit at and sent his sister a message.
Daniel: Are you free? I need to call you.
A few minutes later, his phone rang.
“What’s up?” Terri asked.
Telling her the news needed to be like ripping off a Band-Aid. “Dad and Lucinda are engaged.”
“What the fuck?” Terri said slowly. “Seriously?”
“Yes.”
“How did you find out?”
“He just called me.”
Terri made a sound of disgust. “I hate him. I hate him so much. Honestly, Daniel, this is awful of them, but not surprising. Dad’s been wanting a trophy wife for a while.”
“Yeah, but he didn’t have to take my wife.”
“No, he didn’t, but you have to admit, Lucinda is the kind of person who wants to be someone’s trophy.”
Daniel sighed. He’d felt the sharp sting of betrayal when he’d first found out, and while this still hurt, he was glad Lucinda was getting exactly what she wanted.
If only she would leave him alone to do it.
“I just thought you should know,” he said.
“Do you want any advice?”
“Not really. I mean, I have enough sense to know it’s wrong, but that doesn’t make it any better.”
“It doesn’t,” Terri said. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” At that moment, a child ran past. His voice was loud as he yelled for his sibling to give something back.
“What was that?”
“A kid,” Daniel said, sighing.
“Wait, are you at the beach right now?”
“I am.”
“So, you did go!” Terri laughed. “Finally! Some good news! How is it going?”
“It’s . . . something, that’s for sure.”
“Tell me about Amelia.”
“She’s . . . hard to describe.”
“In a bad way?”
“No, not at all,” he said. “She’s . . . incredible.”
“Incredible, huh? I need some details.”
