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moving, how difficult it would be for both of them to make it across the country. Both were financially on the rocks, Ana’s parents had moved to Mexico City so she usually went there if she was going to go anywhere, and Madison didn’t get paid if she didn’t work.
    “You are my family,” Ana said. “Plus, I’ve already talked to my mom and she’s the one who suggested it.”
    Madison loved Ana’s mom, a world away from her own mother.
    “Ana,” Madison felt tears coming to her eyes. “I want you to come, I miss you so much.”
    “Me too.”
    “But, you have to let me pay for half of your airfare, otherwise I won’t agree.”
    “You drive such a hard bargain,” Ana went silent and Madison could feel that she was about to say something about him .
    “I thought maybe I should tell you…that he’s getting married.” Ana wouldn’t use his name and neither would Madison, it had caused too much harm in the last year.
    Madison was silent as she processed the new information. Tears were falling silently off the sides of her face and she held the phone up while she took a breath so she could sound normal for Ana.
    “I figured that would happen sooner or later,” she said as she bit her lip. “I just didn’t expect it to be so soon.” She wiped her cheek and made another silent inhalation, “Thank you for telling me, Ana.”
    When they got off the phone, Madison stared at her ceiling. The tears came faster, falling back into her hair. Madison picked up the pillow laying next to her, pushed it on top of her face and let herself sob into it. The pain was still so fresh. He’d ruined so much. Now, because of him she was reduced to dating a whole new set of liars, because of him she was 3,000 miles from Ana. Because of him she was in a strange town full of people she didn’t know. Because of him she was broken. She gave herself over to being the victim, knowing it couldn’t last.
     
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    The next day she was back to the land of the living, acting as if nothing had happened. Madison had a gift for putting a smile on —being peppy and energetic even when she felt like shit. It was a great gift and a great curse. She’d just finished with her first three morning appointments, 5am, 6am, and 7:15am. After three hours of being “on” she really needed to be off. Picking up her wallet she headed out of the gym to run for the first coffee of the day.
    “Coffee?” Madison asked Willow as she walked by.
    “Do I ever say no?” Willow opened Belvedere Health & Fitness every morning Monday through Friday and worked until 1pm, so Madison had spent a lot of down time with her. This morning Willow had a bright purple velour jump suit on, with large turquoise earrings and her hair twisted into little spikes around her head. Madison could appreciate a woman who didn’t follow social form.
    Today Ellicott City was storming, something she didn’t experience much of back home. The nearest coffee spot was only a two minute walk from the gym so, with an oversized raincoat someone had left in the lost and found, Madison rolled up the bottom of her form fitting yoga pants and ran all three blocks. She ran right up to the coffee shop and quickly opened the door. Coffee went flying up, raining down on her coat and on a man who stood in front of her. The calamity was complete; two empty and rolling cups were on the ground in front of her.
    “Are you ok?” the man asked looking at Madison. “Are you ok? Did any get on your skin? Are you burned?”
    Madison looked the man over. “Oh my God, look at your suit, I’ve ruined your suit.” Madison felt like such an idiot, who literally runs into a store?
    They were both speaking at once until finally the cups were picked up. Madison was apologizing profusely while the man dismissed her apologies.
    “Let me buy you replacements at least, and I will pay for your dry cleaning. The lady right next door does a great job and she knows who I am.” She couldn’t slow down her