cross the glass walls of Alex's office in a cold, frozen light that
is father echo
roe again, tell her the tr
st tightening on the yellowed p
was kno
idn't
nock, this
he said,
ned and Oliv
way, she just stood in the door
at
e hell," she
letter down. "You're a
he glass of whiskey besi
h to take t
self-destruction
the bait. "Is there
that-that-made somet
was never
closer. "Clara know
his nose. "She over
ce shaking. "I ran into her by accident. And already she knows that I ha
jaw c
thing a bit smarter th
the dark like that anym
her in the dark
ow furrowed
g his temple. "I wa
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was s
h knew. He hadn'
ara ever disco
onsible for having left her then-or for
he turned the pages of Alex
ary in the west wing, hidden
ex drew. And now she
after
h
on canvas. Snoring on
ower right of the page
n't a few
were n
rt when she open
al sk
ground of the u
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er throat. He'd
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h
had he kep
ounded, and
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as E
eyes made ice water r
ctor's
" Elliot said, stepping i
shoulders. "Is thi
ough his hair. "But if Alex finds ou
. "What is he expecting? For me t
ot s
l me this. Tell me why he's been sketching me for
ot p
all she nee
more to it isn't t
ut down. "You have to
more than sh
sper hardly audible. "
turned
hat s
led
adly
t had left the libr
Clara was
he'd found
is eyes opening briefly before clo
e was f
one final m