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She trembled, trying to make an excuse, but
she couldn’t.
Everything she said was wrong.
The railroad managers called her out.
“We’ve decided that you can’t be a train conductor. We are firing you and blacklisting
you from the industry for seven days!”
Ashley collapsed.
The managers said sternly, “This is the
company’s decision. You can appeal if you
want!”
She looked at Tiffany, but she didn’t respond.
Ashley was defeated.
The angry crowd started kicking her.
“You tramp! You framed your husband with
another man! You two were screwing around!
You got what you deserved!”
Ashley covered her head and cried.
Ashley looked at me with ner Tace coverea in
blood.
Then she looked at her boyfriend.
She yelled and passed out.
My name was cleared, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
I went to the company’s clinic to bandage my
wounds.
The pain made me wince.
I punched the wall.
Blood splattered.
I was venting my anger.
The clinic door opened.
Tiffany tiptoed in.
She had an expensive bottle of medicine and
smiled.
I thought she came to apologize.
Instead, she wanted me to write a letter to
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Tiffany saw me hesitate and raised the
stakes.
“Liam, if you help me, we can talk price. I can
give you a lot, and I can get you a job with
Boeing in North America. I…”
I threw the bottle at her face.
“Dream on!”
Chad did this to himself.
He deserved to be fired and ruined.
Tiffany’s face was red.
As she walked out, I heard her say, “Liam,
you’ll regret this! You’ll regret it!”
Regret?
I was glad this happened.
I realized who everyone really was!
Those women weren’t worth it!
When I got back, I had to get ready for the
new job.
I had some time before I got my visa for
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North America.
My friends asked if I was going to get a
divorce.
I laughed.
I was going to divorce Ashley!
But she wasn’t getting any of my money!
The next day, I went straight to the hospital.
Ashley was in the hospital, recovering from
her injuries.
She looked weak, sitting in the hospital bed.
She looked away, afraid I was going to get
revenge.
She crawled to the edge of the bed and said
weakly, “Honey…”
I handed her Tiffany’s medicine.
Ashley saw the English label, her eyes
widened.
“Swiss? This stuff is expensive!”
I knew her so well.
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If I forgave her easily, she would think I was
plotting revenge.
If I didn’t get angry, she would think I was still
in love with her.
Ashley grabbed my hand, but I didn’t pull
away.
She crawled into my lap.
“Honey, you know how sorry I am? I didn’t mean to yell at you, or make you mad…” “You weren’t on the train, so you don’t know
how dangerous it was! You understand now,
right? I almost died up there.”
“I know you’re mad at me! But think about it.
If I took the blame, I would have lost my job!
You’re too good to be with a woman who
doesn’t work and depends on a man!”
“You would have left me. I love you too much
to risk it! And I’ve already been punished…”
