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t was going to be. Get back from work, take a long , cool bath in her bath

would have loved

o the docks. Her online friend had told her to meet with him to see over this new Chinese dish that jus

ad been there for an hour now and there

alled her online friend numerous times which went unanswered and texts that went unread. Disappoin

w quite that part was

oo quite . By the time she realized something was wrong, a voice was already

't think

over. The sharp suits. Her hands were still shaking even after she got home, she wille

to go to work that morning, she was still shaken by the incident at the dock , she needed to stay safe

self but fate had a more cru

t stop looking over her shoulders while she was out while tightly clutching the pepper spray she had purchased a day

, hands shaking and her breath caught in her throat. Every instinct screa

door . Few people knew where she leaved. Slowly, she r

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standing at her door pouch. When she opened the doo

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but there was

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or, she was pushed aside and

rated and beautiful glass-walled room she h

turned as

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rest

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arms. "So can unde

years, Alessandro Moretti

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