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Psychological Drama · fiction

The Guest Room Was Enough

At 2:17 in the morning, I walked into my Chicago penthouse smelling faintly of another woman and found my seven-months-pregnant wife beside a half-packed suitcase. For nearly twenty years, men had lowered their voices when Daniel Carter entered a room. I owned warehouses along the river, restaurants where politicians liked...

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Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
5
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5

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