way toward the inpatient wing, her mind racin

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oed behind her. Dixie lunged forward, grabbing Gidg

yes turning hard as flint. "Dixie, this

tent. She lowered her voice to a vicious hiss. "You think you're so tough because you tore u

in the passenger drop-off zone. Colin jumped out of the driver's

peripheral vision. A dark, calcul

mped both hands around Gidget's wrists, drop

in and me be together! You can hate me al

zed the trap. "Let go of

ry, Gidget, but th

ds toward her own chest and threw her enti

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noon. Her body tumbled down the five concrete ste

in shock, their accusing eyes immediately locking onto Gidget, who was

clutching her stomach and sobbing uncontrollably. "My

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r erupted fro

dman, shoving past a nurse and throwin

his arms, his eyes bloodshot as he

amed at the stunned medical staff. He gently laid Dixie

e twisted in savage fury. "Gidget! How evil c

gan to point

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less can s

nto Colin's furious brown eyes, a cold, moc

e steady and clear. "If you're too blind to see that, Colin, you s

t hand, ready to stri

al security guards shouted, runni

from her nose. "You're jealous because Dixie is giving me a family, so

ye

h. Gidget felt a metallic tang on her tongue as she bi

out with a gurney, lifti

s, clutching Colin's sleeve weakly. "Colin... don't b

rt ache with protective guilt. He turned b

nything happens to Dixie or my child, I'm pressing criminal charges against you. And

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health to keep her obedient, to force her to com

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ening me?" Gidg

her cashmere overcoat, her voic

no idea how pat

nged shut below, the red emergency light illumin