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he sound of Sophie's scream tore through

s, tangled in her sheets, whispering t

nd rocked her gently. "Shh.

y until her breathing steadied, the

r hair even as my own pulse refused to calm because

I brought in my mother's herbal tea. She looked so

she murmured, p

have wo

settle

mum,

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didn't want to worry

s Keller told me

did

t you to grant t

mum

know you don't want

nce. "What do yo

ough, so I quickly p

ther would tell you

med like Mrs Keller hadn't lost her t

ummy." She said with

Keller is an i

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lur as I was still unsettled about

o anxious to t

om the windows. I had spent all morning in my r

come in. I had gone down to welcome him and he looked pl

Mrs Keller's voice

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s to see you

e down

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smoke, papers littered around the

gestured towards th

ike a drink?

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tered across the desk. Guess he saw m

d to speak

tight. "Yeah I was

my self for whatever bomb

while we've been in contact. But not

w wh

s cold. "The compan

d. "What do you

company has gone bankrupt. We'

you never

ht I had it under control, and moreover

him a

w." He sa

do you

ed to keep us afloat.

oing to like this

ce was loude

business and not my life, he r

beneath me. "You

ly," he snapped. "And if this is

ou're selling me o

ying to save this family Elena. Don't

. So I went outside to the gardens, dark clouds had appeared in the sky and the air

d anything about the company going down? How wo

t realized it had already started to rain. But still, I sa

um

ntrance, I quickly swipe my tears which wa

oming

e door when I stepped in, she l

ou in the r

st having som

'll catc

who wants a hot

excitedl

stress of the day disappearing into th

esser, the silk and lace spilling over my hands. It

could object. He wants to package me up like a gift

mach t

ll the bargains and debt that had nothing to do with me. And now Liam

ress tighter, my

ke this it had cost me so much, m

this

d survive what i

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