Divorce In Kelly's Narrative

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Kelly is 24, but shy, uncertain, and a virgin, looking for The One. Curvaceous, beautiful and intelligent, she drives her friends, Carmen and Jessica, wild with her lack of confidence.
They take her to a New York bar to persuade her to make more of herself. There she is seen by Benedict who is with his soon to be ex-wife, Ava, setting out to one another the terms of their upcoming divorce. Benedict is drawn to Kelly, attracted beyond measure by her.
When Ava leaves the bar Benedict heads for the dining area to eat. Kelly sees him and, emboldened by a fantasy story of lovemaking at work she has told her friends, she goes to the dining area where Benedict invites her to join him. Ava returns and throws wine over Kelly.
Benedict instructs his

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