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off guard. "It'll be so hard to replace yo

rs gently twisting together. She offered

etcher," the manager said warmly

back to her office. She quietly began p

orkers, said with a chuckle. "You're the highe

on, baby. And feel free to take over the role,you

ed out of the office, not bothering to lo

the rental agent, said a quiet goodbye, and stepped into the m

A new chapter. And the beginning of something

of pain he caused her. Ava's lips curled into a faint smirk a

orking mother who spent most of her life working at the beachside bars in Miami. Ava never knew her father,

erything fell apart during

er repeatedly.She had to excuse herself to pick the call and on the other end was one of her mother's co wor

less body, her world shattered. The woman who had raised her, loved her, and sacrificed everythin

lur.Afterward, she was left with

across the uniform her mom used to wear to work.She clutched it to her chest, breathing in the

led out a blood stained busines

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r she dug, the more certain she became. This m

decision. Her life's mi

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