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Ascertained Fate
Author: Boss Ruddy
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"But do you think moving on with Johnson is the best? You could have chosen someone else," his voice asserted firmly, his concern for her future evident in his words.

"I don't want to be with anyone except you," she responded with a heartfelt conviction, her voice cracking slightly.

With tears staining her eyes, she continued to divulge the difficult circumstances she found herself in. "She seized everything I have, froze my accounts, and vowed to release them only on the day I sign the divorce papers. I can't even go out on my own; I have to lie and say I'm coming here to play basketball before she allows me to leave," she explained, her voice quivering with a mixture of frustration and despair.

"How can you expect me to believe that?" he exclaimed, his voice laced with skepticism. "How can your boyfriend allow your mother to treat you like a stranger?" He struggled to digest the information, not yet ready to fully trust and accept all she had revealed.

"I know it's really difficult
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