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Nine Perfect Strangers Chapter 75

Chapter 75

One week after the retreat, Jessica tells Ben she’s not pregnant.
Ben knows they would have stayed together if there were a baby. No baby means they’re headed for divorce. Bummer.

Two weeks after the retreat, Carmel’s daughters arrive home from their summer trip with their father and his new girlfriend.
Carmel realizes she actually likes the new girlfriend. Maybe this post-divorce life isn’t gonna be so bad after all.

Three weeks after the retreat, Frances finds out her old editor is coming back to work. Looks like her novel will finally find a home.
Maybe she’ll write a murder mystery next time.

Four weeks after the retreat, Lars tells Ray that he’s open to the idea of having kids.
Ray is over-the-moon excited, and then Lars is, too.

Five weeks after the retreat, Frances watches a documentary on Australian Rules football.
So, naturally, she calls up Tony.

Six weeks after the retreat, Napoleon goes to see his doctor. He’s been feeling depressed since his experience with the drugs at Tranquillum House.
He’s worried that he might take his own life. Like Zach.
His doctor assures him that they’re going to figure this out together.

Two months after the retreat, Tony is telling Frances that he’s going to take a trip to Holland.
Frances has never been to Holland. So he invites her along.

Three months after the retreat, Heather and Napoleon are in bed when Heather tells Napoleon that she thinks he needs to yell at her. Get it all out.
He doesn’t agree, but then he finally shouts at her. Yes! Heather should have checked the side effects on the medication she gave Zach!
And he shouldn’t have hit snooze on his phone! With that, Napoleon throws his phone and it smashes against the wall.
And Zoe should have told them something was wrong with Zach.
But being mad about those things will never bring him back. And knowing what happened will never fill the hole that’s left now that he’s gone.
Hey, we’re not crying. You’re crying.

One year after the retreat, Ben finds out that his sister has died of a drug overdose.
The first person he calls isn’t his ex-wife, Jessica. It’s Zoe.

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