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Thrifty Word Challenge #72: The Final Straw

GB Rogut
The Bad Influence
Published in
Jan 13, 2022

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He said he loved me. That he would change. That he would do anything to keep me by his side.

Then, while he thought I wasn’t listening, I heard him tell our son, “You won’t have a mom anymore. She wants to leave you.”

And that was the final straw.

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GB Rogut
The Bad Influence

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