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shadow, a ghost trapped in a world where she didn't belong. Jameson was gone, Theodore
ty lights flickering in the distance. Was this her fate? To b
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pital lobby, Richard Edward stoo
last seen each other. But time ha
as she clutched her purse
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had no
down, he knew
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caught. Richard
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decide anything
quiet but firm. "I'm not doing t
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"Baby... there's somet
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head. "No. No, t
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had oth
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