The Great Gatsby: A Narrative Fiction

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Bobby arrive first to the meeting at the mediator's office. He looked sullen, tired, and almost void of emotion. This fight had extended beyond even what bobby would have considered excessive. Janice met every detail with disdain as though she was punishing Bobby through Isadora.
Bobby truly never thought she would do this. They had met while working at an architectural firm in Boston. It was the first firm he worked for after finishing graduate school and her third, although she was only 18 months older for which they both agreed was of little importance or consequence. Now looking back he begins to wonder if he should have paid closer attention to both of those facts as Janice always took longer to prepare for something but had little

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