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remained there until today, or maybe to be honest,

until a few weeks ago.

I knew it was wrong the minute I set foot in her

life, but really, in the beginning, I just wanted to

lend a hand. She was in a spot, right? And that’s

what I do when somebody’s in trouble, I go to

their rescue.

But then, something inside me broke. I would

even dare to say it melted. My heart, trapped in a

block of ice, started moving without curing me of

the disaster that it would provoke in me.

Because she’s alone and vulnerable. And she’s

about to have some other man’s baby. I happen to

know what it’s like to raise a family just with your

own resources. “You don’t get the urge to throw

me on the couch and fuck me ’til tomorrow?” she

said to me.

How could she even think something like that?

Did I ever make her thinkthisis how I thought

of her? Of course I desire her, but I couldn’t do it,

and not only because I’m a bastard. I want her

because I’d like her, now, with everything that

entails.

And so it is that the words come flowing out. I

have no idea where they come from. Listening to

her use the work ‘fuck’ almost gives me the

shivers. I can’t stand hearing her talk in that crude

way. I can’t stand the idea that she even thinks that

way.

“I wouldn’t fuck you on that couch or on the