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Prompt #71: Broken
Word count: 100
Olivia glanced up as her husband barreled through the front door, barking into his cell phone. "He said what?" she heard him growl and she shivered, recognizing the fury driving him forward. She stood slowly, pulling her sweater around her thin frame as he snapped the phone shut. "What's wrong?"
"Sean," he said flatly, shrugging out of his coat. "He told the headmaster that he wasn't coming home for Christmas because he comes from a broken home."
Her jaw dropped as a chill swept over her. "He didn't," she gasped, raising her hand to her mouth.
"Believe it. He did."