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Despite the pain in my heart, there was a part of me that was relieved. The truth was out now, and I could deal with it head-on. No more pretending or plastering smiles on my face. Alan had crossed a line\u2014no, he had obliterated it. And now he would face the consequences.<\/p>\n

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I spent the night at a friend\u2019s house in Houston, unable to face returning to the ranch where my memories of Margaret made everything feel more difficult. I didn\u2019t sleep much, my mind restless as I prepared for the next steps. By morning, the bruise on my cheek had darkened, a stark reminder of just how far Alan was willing to go.<\/p>\n

Brian arrived mid-morning, punctual as always. He was older but still had the same fiery eyes that intimidated many an opponent in court. When I opened the door, he looked at my cheek and shook his head. \u201cLooks like you\u2019ve had quite the evening, Clifford.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite the pain in my heart, there was a part of me that was relieved. The truth was out now, and I could deal with it head-on. No more pretending or plastering smiles on my face. Alan had crossed a line\u2014no, he had obliterated it. And now he would face the consequences. I spent the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4345,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337\/revisions\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factznews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}