Permanent Retrograde

Permanent Retrograde

How She Found Out He Was Cheating

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Kelly Oxford
Aug 19, 2024
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She’s up and staring at the ceiling because the moon is full and her head is spinning.

*buzz-ding*
His phone, why is his phone chiming? 

Pulling her phone out from under her pillow, she taps the screen: 3:33 a.m.

*buzz-ding*
Why is her boyfriends’ phone ringing at this time? She quickly analyzes. Maybe someone is dead, someone is stranded, or maybe someone is divorcing. Whatever it is, it’s a no bueno.

She picks up his phone and looks at the screen.
”Scarlett”

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