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hit the judge's des
prawling courtroom, her heart pounding again
oration, Ms. Valeria Montoya is sent
reaction that knifed home was the monied grin creasing
ali
ster. Her own
lonso, Valeria's would-be fiancé. Alonso gave her a side-eye and placed a c
omach turned
sn't ha
e man she had always admired, hoping -
ful men in Mexico - merely pulled at his cuffl
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o, no
turning to the judge. "I was framed!
re already co
wept, scanning the room for a
way," the j
ed and haul
her eyes stinging with unshed te
t her. He simply loomed next to Catalina wit
when it
d plann
cé, framed her, and ultimately made sure
he courtroom, Valeria would loc
known - the sister she
st, most bone-chilling
n, dear sister
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damp. Cold.
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ever v
er sent
s, she was a
facing cracks for the hundredth t
nd of heavy boots clum
ked the cell. "Get up,
o
ped. Was she
e stood and followed the g
her would be standing there, arms wide with t
inst
w stra
s. One of them - a muscly guy with a scar down the side of hi
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the paper. It
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- prison had merely opened
ca, and why did he