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eyes were tired. They were intense.

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investors,"

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take in my company, you show up at my gala,

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iece of paper. He slid it across the desk. It was

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neck. She thought about the

aid. "They are using you to get to me

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been at his desk for fourteen hours. He had the ledger on his screen. He had the

unt. He clicked on the metadata of the file. He

in the corner

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ter hair. She had a kind smile

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. He saw a small note at the bottom of the encrypted file

word was

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