“Everyone’s laughing at me. They’re calling
me Mark’s mistress.”
“Why can’t you just let us be friends? Why are
you picking on me?”
She was shaking me. I spit up.
Mark frowned and put Sarah behind him.
“Annie, why do you always hurt Sarah?”
“If it wasn’t for you, Sarah would still be
successful.!”
“It’s your fault. You’ll never repay what you’ve
done to Sarah.”
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He yelled loudly.
The doctor and nurse ran in. They helped me
clean up.
Once I was clean, the nurse turned to Mark.
“So, Dr. Carter? When Ms. Annie got saved,
she was alone. It seems like she tried to
communicate to get you fired?”
Mark froze, and he shouted at me.
“You’re playing the victim!
“It’s only been a few days, and you’ve already
manipulated everyone.
“It’s your fault Brenda resigned. And it’s your
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fault that Sarah can’t find a job!
He paused, looking for something to say.
I leaned back.
“You wish I was dead?”
“Mark, I was on the plane.
“But God wouldn’t let me die.”
Sarah scoffed.
“So what? Why couldn’t you save Mark’s
child?”
“It’s your fault you only care about yourself.”
Mark frowned and looked at Sarah.
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“Don’t talk about that.”
Mark was taking my side.
But then he continued. “She slandered you,
and hurt you. Who knows what she’ll do if we
make her mad again.”
I looked at Mark and Sarah.
“Mark, let’s get divorced.”
Mark was confused.
“Annie, what? Why?
“I just wanted you to help Sarah out. I’ll make
it up to you.
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“It’s not a big deal.”
Sarah looked surprised.
“Mark, you said you wouldn’t divorce her
because of the baby.
“What’s going on?”
Mark said, “Stop with the jealousy.
“Sarah and I are just friends. I’m making up
for the hurt you caused.”
I frowned.
“What did I do to hurt her?
Mark frowned.
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“You’re hopeless. You want me to talk about
Sarah’s pain. It’s over!”
Sarah started to cry.
“Mark, I think Annie didn’t mean to do it.”
“I’m back. Even if I can only be your friend, I’ll
still be happy.”
I grabbed the water cup and threw it at
Mark’s head.
“No one wants to hear about that. What did I
do?”
Mark was angry.
“How can you ask!”
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“Sarah was happy. Why did you spread
rumors? Those pictures will ruin a woman.”
Sarah blushed.
I laughed.
“Sarah, is that what you told Mark?”
Sarah said, “Otherwise, I’m the wife of a
successful man, how could I do that?”
“You’re the one who’s trying to ruin my life.
I interrupted.
“Sarah, you lie well. Once you started seeing
Mark, my friends helped me.
“Someone searched your name and found
“Someone searched your name, and found
videos of you on webcam.
“So did I hire someone to look like you?”
“If I was that smart, I wouldn’t be in this
situation.”
