"What game is that, Emrys? What game was I telling these people I was playing by attending tonight?" Angelica was curious but also working on over a year of stifled expectations and heartbreak. She was not in the mood for his guessing games, for any of his games tonight. "In plain words, please. You know I am a simple woman." She almost dared her puckish husband, but was expecting him to further frustrate her, no matter what she asked.

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