f the car and

ling, but her lawyer h

the application for a legal

eve

ep further away from Av

e Anna Cole, a gh

ater, he was carrying a ridiculously large bo

with contrition. "Liv' s ankle was just a sprain, thank h

ace her, but Ava

y, Julian," she said, her

edibly tired of his li

the energy to pl

rds the bedroom

misinterpreting

up today. Let me make it up to you. Dinn

was merely an

hifted beneath their feet, that

days in a flurry of

nsive gifts, tickets

otions, a detached obs

le, was another nail in th

ed they attend a charity au

un, darling.

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i

g court with a group of

d Liv, and a subtle

a longing, qu

it. She alwa

Ava said, feigning a slight di

reat. She couldn't bea

said, instantly concerned,

n excuse to leave, perhaps

ound parking lot, waiting for the

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st, then thicker, b

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d her arm. "S

they heard Liv' s voice

elp me! I' m over

d snapped tow

n for Ava

mask of terror,

his voice hoarse

shouting, "Everyone

ay from Ava, towards the

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dn't

wild, fixated

, already plunging into the smoky h

Liv, without a second thought f

istory repeating itself, m