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aid out so plainly, but I felt more comfor

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foreseeable future, so I'd pre

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for tonight. How do you plan

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disclosing future events is strictly prohibit

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help but sm

rent choices, it still thought of me as the same person

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sary. I only heard you just now

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ure, you're not allowed to read or pry into my tho

es

aving free access to my mind and thoughts

this way. I don't think there's a single human alive who w

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s a brie

it's within con

urned raz

did Brandon and Cla

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es had been together for f

involved for f

curled into

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idened in

year after Claire c

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ought st

corrupted syste

our household. That's why I said y

ced anything," I mutter

aling my luck for clo

s voice sou

orption rate is slow, so she's

ucted, you'll gradually reclaim e

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much to others, but after the l

and of luck could

y I'd allow anyone to ruin it again

me, because it chimed in

and Claire meet in private. Do y

was exactly the kind

pted to go personally.

y shook off

getting directly involved with those two always

else. Someone skilled

vestigator,

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rust them anymore. Or

avy. When I opened them ag

he contact info of a reliable private inve

ink so.

ps. It probably never expecte

ave it time

from an unknown number, containing the contact

aved me a lot of trouble

me. It's what

the corner of m

ving the number, I opened my

s, along with other relevant details

questing a million deposit, with the ba

money with

6 PM today. The more detailed

is built on discretion and speed. With the de

forward to yo

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, I leaned back and smiled, sa

Claire," I

for you. Are