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"Sociopaths are pretty good liars. That kid's playing games with us", my voice trails off and Vic's doe brown eyes come up to meet mine.

"Gorski took that picture."

My mind immediately shifts to defense; my gut is suspicious of her sudden yet subtle submission. I wait for her to explain her unexpected memory recall. My eyes land on her soft pink lips. Is Vic playing me for a fool or is she really opening up to me? I suppose that is why I want to know about the apartment. I already knew the answer but I wanted to hear her say it. The anger I feel about her sleeping with Gorski is incomprehensible. It's like she cheated on me and I am disgusted by the thought. I catch the anger flash on my face but it is quickly turned to disappointment when Vic tells me she didn't go see Sean earlier. Where the hell was she? What was she doing?

I hear her speaking and I just want to hear the entire truth. Is she lying to Sean or is she lying to me? Why would a man give up his career and track her all the way to Wyoming just because? I want to believe she broke it off with him just as I want to believe she made a stupid mistake because she was young.

My mind races, is she playing a game with me too just like she was playing in Arizona? Did she do this dance with Gorski in apartment number 32, telling half-truths, and aligning him to her side, wearing her uniform too tight so he couldn't help but look and notice. Was it so good that he walks away from his family, his job, to get her back?

I don't know what to believe anymore. Sitting here in the comfort and safety of my office I feel like the wounded husband hearing of his virtuous bride's hidden past.

Should I believe my head that the story that Vic is spinning is not the whole truth. Should I believe my gut that Vic is scared and Vic is never scared about anything? She is avoiding seeing Sean and she is avoiding telling me the whole truth. Should I believe my gut that knows with all certainty what love is and the feelings that I have for her are too familiar to be ignored.

All warfare is based on deception. Is Vic deceiving me? I don't know but I do know the photos Gorski took are deceptive. I know nothing happened in Arizona despite how much I wanted it to. Those photographs are meant to hurt Vic and Sean, possibly me by ruining my reputation.

"He is on his way here to pick me up."

Her words stick and hit me. I see her blouse is buttoned and her face is flushed. She is embarrassed for how she feels. I worry that I am a new distraction in her marriage. This is not what I am about and I have to refocus.

I feel the depth of my sigh as I grab my hat and coat.

"I don't want to be around when your husband gets here. The last thing he needs is to find you here with me." I see Vic hold her head down in shame as I walk past. I offer no words of comfort, no gesture of reassurance because I am mad. I am mad at myself for succumbing to the possibilities of love that was never mine to have or possess.