"Oh," Art said, because what did you say to that, really? "I'm sorry." He was; Mrs. Crouch was terrible but Ben was in love with her for whatever reason, and once they were married he had stopped wishing for bad things to happen to their relationship. Sure, he found her incredibly vexing and when they were around each other the hatred between them seeped out - but Ben loved her. So he had not been rooting against them, even if she'd said some very fucked up things about his marriage to Dezzie the other week.

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