This is not the last episode of Connection Revealed that will appear on this free public feed in about one week.

But I produce extra stuff, you know, I create much more than what is available on this feed.

And part of that is this second exclusive short story available to theater members.

And I just wanted to share this first part of the exclusive short story so to theater members. And I just wanted to share this first part

of the exclusive short story so that you can have an idea of my other work. Now, about that last

episode of Connection Revealed, if you go to Patreon now and sign up as a free member, you'll see that

I'm about to drop the last episode of Connection Revealed for free for everyone if you sign up on Patreon as a free member.

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All right. Enjoy this story and enjoy the last episode of Connection Revealed

on Patreon or on this feed, where I'll be back with that last episode next week. Bye. The evening could have been beautiful, with the stars and moon shining brightly despite the city's glow.

But for Lauren, it was as bad as it could get.

Almost divorced and unemployed, she thought, rubbing her cheek and shaking her head in angry disbelief.

I can't believe this.

Lauren stared up at the sky again, her elbows resting on the low wall of the hotel roof.

How did this happen? she asked herself. How did How did this happen?

She asked herself.

How did I let this happen?

She knew there would be meetings to understand what had gone wrong.

Long, painful, embarrassing meetings.

Unless she ran away, of course, that was always an option. She could sneak out of here,

make a quick stop at home, and take a cab to the airport. They'd look for me, though,

Lauren realized, and it would only get worse. There was no escape from the initial humiliation.

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