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3. the affair

' 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎. 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚕'  𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.
"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚐𝚑"  𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜 " 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘" 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚜. 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎.
𝚉𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 " 𝚈/𝙽 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔? 𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍?" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚙.

"𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝" 𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝. "𝙰𝚠𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚞𝚜" 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚜. 𝙸 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛. "𝙸𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕" 𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢. 𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚠 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙.

"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝙸𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘? 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚒𝚜?" 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎.

"𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕. 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚢'𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠? 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚢'𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠?" 𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜..

𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 " 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎, 𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎.

'𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘' 𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. "𝚘𝚑 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗" 𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. "𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜.

"𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚞𝚞 𝚖𝚒-𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢" 𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜 .