““He sighed heavily and closed his eyes. "Yes, all right. Call on you tomorrow." "Next week," she reminded him softly. His eyes remained closed but his lips curved. "Next week." She was silent a moment, debating. He was drunk. He was part of a world she despised and sought to escape. He was everything her mother and, more convincingly, Mrs. Culpepper had ever warned her about. In that moment, he was all she wanted. She took a deep breath, and then the second biggest chance of her life. "Do you promise?" she asked on a whisper. "Promise," he mumbled. "Next week.””
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