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Fritz stood in her doorway; she regarded him with apprehension. She'd been chewed out by his wife only hours earlier and she had no intention of being on the receiving end of another lecture about her moral shortcomings.
She licked her lips and still said nothing.
Fritz looked at her pleadingly. "Brenda left me." He said simply. When still she failed to respond he continued. "I should have had the courage to tell her earlier and I shouldn't have treated you the way that I have-"
She interrupted, "you haven't treated me in any way you need to apologize for."